UK&#39;s Straw Makes Surprise Visit to Kurdistan, Northern Iraq
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UK Foreign Minister Jack Straw made an unannounced visit to Kurdistan, Northern Iraq, to meet local officials, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said he is impressed with the progress made on preparing for elections in Iraq. After meeting with the country&#39;s independent electoral commission, Mr Straw said he was &quot;encouraged&quot; by the technical progress being made.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, making a surprise visit to Iraq today, met with British troops near Basra after talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi in Baghdad.
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Britain's next prime minister, Gordon Brown, arrived in Iraq on Monday for a fact-finding visit as he weighs Britain's future involvement in a four-year-old war that has angered voters and led to calls for a speedy pullout.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flew to Sudan on Monday to keep up international pressure on Khartoum to comply with U.N. demands to end the conflict in Darfur that has already killed up to 50,000 people.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has arrived in Afghanistan for a one-day visit to discuss the fight against the war-shattered country's booming drugs trade, an official said.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flies to Sudan tomorrow to try and end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. He is going to press on the government the need to rein in and bring to justice Arab militias
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JACK Straw, the Foreign Secretary, visited the grave of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat yesterday at the end of a two-day trip to Israel and the West Bank to help revive the Middle East peace process.
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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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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrives in Pakistan for talks on issues including nuclear arms and trade.
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Britain&#39;s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flies to Sudan on Monday to press the government to end the humanitarian crisis engulfing the western region of Darfur.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw  said on Tuesday violence must not upset plans to hold  nationwide elections in Iraq, whose prime minister indicated  the government was gearing up to retake rebel strongholds.
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Britain's next prime minister met with Iraqi leaders on Monday in a surprise visit following promises to study his country's participation in the conflict.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw  made a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday, with violence and  kidnapping overshadowing plans for elections in January.
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Britain's next prime minister, Gordon Brown, arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first visit since it was confirmed he was taking over the premiership from Tony Blair on June 27, Iraqi state television said.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is in Sudan's Darfur region where a million have fled attacks by pro-government militias.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Iraq's interim leader Iyad Allawi hold talks on security.