A British man was killed today when a Jordanian gunman shot at a group of foreign tourists visiting the Roman Amphitheatre in Jordan’s capital Amman.

A British tourist was reported to have been killed today when a gunman shot at a group of foreign tourists in Amman’s Roman Amphitheatre in the Jordanian capital.

Jordan today announced the arrest of more than 20 Hamas activists for allegedly smuggling weapons to attack targets in the kingdom and warned the Palestinian Hamas-led government of the consequences of any terrorist activity.

One prisoner was killed and several policemen were wounded in clashes at an isolated hilltop jail in northern Jordan today.

A driver for the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad was kidnapped today as he drove his private car from home to work, said Jordanian government spokesman Nasser Judeh.