US bans gadgets from carry-on luggage on flights from eight countries

Royal Jordanian said mobile phones and medical devices were excluded from the ban. Everything else, the airline said, would need to be packed in checked luggage.

The US government is from today temporarily barring passengers on certain flights originating in eight other countries from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and most other electronics in carry-on luggage.

The reason for the ban was not immediately clear.