Jordan’s powerful professional unions are demanding the resignation of a lawmaker for inviting the Israeli ambassador to Parliament earlier this week.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani warned that in case Britain continues uttering arrogant words against Iran, Tehran will refrain from releasing a female British marine arrested along with 14 other comrades after trespassing Iranian borders.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with the head and prime minister of the Palestinian Self-Rule Authority, Mahmoud Abbas and Ismayil Hanyeh in Riyadh on Thursday.