Middle Orient

The United States will boycott all Palestinian unity government ministers, including non-Hamas members, unless international demands on policy towards Israel are met, a Palestinian official and diplomats said on Thursday.

Washington: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton warned President George W. Bush not to take any military action against Iran without getting congressional approval first.

IRAQ imposed draconian new security rules on its war-torn capital overnight as US President George W. Bush accused Iranian agents of supplying weapons that have killed scores of US troops.

Challenged on the accuracy of U.S. intelligence, President Bush said Wednesday there is no doubt the Iranian government is providing armor-piercing weapons to kill American soldiers in Iraq. But he backed away from claims the top echelon of Iran’s government was responsible.

President Bush said yesterday he’s certain the Iranian government is supplying deadly weapons used by fighters in Iraq against U.S. troops, even if he can’t prove the orders came from top leaders in Tehran.

British Airways has lowered the cost of tickets on all Middle East routes and as Paul Starrs British Airways’ Commercial Manager, Middle East mentions

A delegation from Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) of the United Arab Emirates has met with a group of leading business and civic dignitaries in Frankfurt, Dubai’s twin city in Germany.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — U.S. and Iraqi troops moved into a Sunni neighborhood in southern Baghdad on Thursday, while insurgents struck back with car bombs that killed seven people. In southern Iraq, British troops sealed off the border with Iran to prevent weapons smuggling.

British troops have assisted an operation to surround the Iraqi city of Basra and close the border with Iran.

GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and his Hamas-led cabinet will resign in the next two days to make way for a unity government with the rival Fatah faction, a government official said on Tuesday.