Police have arrested an Iraqi woman would-be suicide bomber who failed to detonate her explosives inside one of Amman’s three bombed hotels, Jordanese officials announced today in a dramatic breakthrough in the case.

Iraq’s defence minister today attacked Syria for letting militants train on its soil for attacks in Iraq.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II today threatened to crack down on supporters of terrorists following this week’s triple hotel bombings that killed at least 57 people.

Moustapha Akkad, the Syrian-born producer of the Halloween horror films, died today from injuries sustained in the triple hotel bombings in Amman, Jordan.

Thousands of Jordanians rallied in the capital and other cities shouting “Burn in hell, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi!” a day after three deadly hotel bombings that killed at least 59 people.

US President George Bush today condemned the hotel bombings in Jordan, saying the attackers defiled Islam and the United States would help bring those responsible to justice.

Police in New York have stepped up patrols of hotels in Manhattan as a precaution following the suicide bombings of three hotels in the Jordanian capital of Amman.

Suicide bombers carried out nearly simultaneous attacks on three US-based hotels in the Jordanian capital last night, killing at least 57 people and wounding at least 115 in an al-Qaida-style assault on the Arab kingdom with close ties to the United States and a border with Iraq.

At least 53 people were now believed killed and more than 300 injured after explosions rocked three hotels in the Jordanian capital Amman today.

A major hotel group today announced plans to open a four-star hotel in Belfast city centre.

Two leading names in the travel industry were today bought for $1.1bn (€822,900) – the second major UK deal by US giant Cendant this month.

Tourists were ordered to evacuate part of the Florida Keys today as two tropical storms took aim at the US state as they strengthened,

A New York hotel that overcharged stranded travellers for rooms after the September 11 terrorist attacks has agreed to pay a $9,500 (£6,000) penalty, state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said.