united-nations:

Thanks to Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein for supporting Global Goals for Sustainable Development 1 & 2 to achieve no poverty and zero hunger.
Her Royal Highness has been a great advocate for poverty eradication efforts and anti-hunger campaigns since she was appointed a United Nations Messenger of Peace in 2007.

Find out more about all the ‪#‎GlobalGoals‬ here: www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment 

statedept:

The capital of Jordan, Amman, as seen today, from the airplane carrying U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for meetings with King Abdullah of Jordan, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. 

pritheworld:

Syrian refugee girls in Jordan dress up for the future they want for themselves. See more.

 Credit: Meredith Hutchison - check out when she did this project in the Democratic Republic of Congo

We hope you have Labor Day off tomorrow and can enjoy a three-day weekend. It would give you extra time to do something like go-karting, the favorite activity of the King of Jordan, Hussein bin Talal.

Read about an FSO who was childhood friends with the then-Prince Hussein, and how they would enjoy go-karting together at the link!