AMMAN: Jordan's King Abdullah II has warned that the country is "at a crossroads", after a week of anti-austerity protests that continued overnight despite the prime minister's resignation. Children wave flags during a protest near the prime minister's office in Amman, Jordan, on June 4, 2018Around 2,000 protesters gathered close to the prime minister's office in central Amman, hours after premier Hani Mulki stepped down on Monday. The king blamed the country's economic woes on regional instability, the burden of hosting hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees and a lack of international support. Protesters gathered overnight under a heavy police presence near the premier's office shouting slogans against the government and the International Monetary Fund, which has demanded economic reforms. The measures have sparked some of the biggest economic protests in five years.

Source: Bangkok Post June 05, 2018 07:52 UTC