Straw begins Middle East mission
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Jack Straw heads to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Wednesday for a two-day peace mission.
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By John Deane, Chief Political Correspondent, PA News, in Darfur. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived in the violence-plagued Darfur region of Sudan today to experience at first hand the plight of refugees driven from their homes by marauding militiamen.
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Children collect usable metal parts from the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, October 4. AP. BAGHDAD  - Britain&#39;s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw paid a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday amid
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Former MP takes up new role as Middle East envoy at meeting with US, UN, EU and Russia.
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The leader the Conservative Party, David Cameron, began a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Thursday, the British consulate in Jerusalem said.
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Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, is flying to Sudan to intensify pressure on the Khartoum government to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, expressed his &quot;concern&quot; last week that Israeli expansion of illegal West Bank colonies threatens the viability of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, today welcomed Israel&#39;s announcement that it would allow international observers to monitor forthcoming Palestinian presidential elections.
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After talks in Madrid, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says a new forum for dialogue is opening up on Gibraltar.
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Tony Blair begins his first visit to the region as Middle East envoy on Monday, hoping he can help turn around 60 years of peacemaking failures since Britain ended its mandate over Palestine.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrives in Israel for two days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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By Philip Webster, Political Editor, and Ian MacKinnon in Jerusalem. BRITAIN will step up efforts to maintain the momentum towards Middle East peace this week by fleshing out plans for a London conference to
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Tony Blair is set to visit the Middle East today to help moves towards a new peace process.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today will visit Sudan to press government officials for action on protecting refugees in the nation&#39;s Darfur region as peace talks sponsored by the African Union are held in Nigeria.
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&quot;I&#39;ll be leaving Israel and the occupied territories more optimistic than when I came,&quot; Straw said. Much of Straw&#39;s agenda focused on upcoming Palestinian elections to choose a successor to Arafat.
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The US secretary of state is to visit the Middle East to try to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace moves.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is to fly to Sudan this week to meet government leaders to assess the humanitarian and security crisis.