Straw visits Middle East to promote peace effort
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Jack Straw, the British foreign secretary, sought on Wednesday to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, arriving in Jerusalem for a two-day visit
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Foreign Minister Jack Straw seeked assurances from Palestinian leaders yesterday that they will reform their security forces to help stop violence and work to revive the Middle East peace process.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair  began talks with Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon on Wednesday  about steps to revive Middle East peacemaking after the death  of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is on his way to Khartoum to discuss the problem of refugee security in the troubled region.
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Tony Blair began his first visit to the Middle East as international envoy on Monday, meeting Israeli leaders who promised to try to revive the long-stalled peace process with the Palestinians.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will begin a visit to Israel and the Palestinian areas Tuesday evening in a bid to win support for a Middle East conference that he plans to hold in London next February.
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By Paul Waugh, Evening Standard Deputy Political Editor In Jerusalem. Tony Blair launched a fresh drive for peace in the Middle East today, holding high-level meetings with Israelis and Palestinians.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has left Cairo to continue a regional tour aimed at rekindling the Middle East peace process.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair was meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders to discuss his personal peace initiatives for the region, the next leg on a flying visit which took him to Iraq the previous day.
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The US secretary of state is in the Middle East for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, in a new diplomatic push.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has laid a wreath at the grave of former Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat. Mr Straw is meeting Palestinian leaders at their headquarters in the occupied West Bank, following talks in Israel.
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The US secretary of state is heading to Israel to try to boost hopes for Middle East peace.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Britain&#39;s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flew to Sudan Monday, part of a stepped-up world diplomatic offensive to end the humanitarian crisis in troubled Darfur.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched his quest to bring peace to the Middle East, unveiling plans for a conference to prepare the Palestinians for statehood, during a landmark West Bank visit.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will  call on Wednesday for Middle East states to rein in what he  calls the threat from Iran and to help advance peacemaking  between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is to meet Sudanese government leaders to assess the humanitarian crisis.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has launched a new Middle East peace drive by saying he will press both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for steps to help Palestinians elect a successor to Yasser Arafat.