PALESTINIAN officials yesterday rallied round a top aide to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas after a video surfaced showing him in an alleged attempt to trade his influence for sex.

Palestinian officials today rallied round a top aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after a video surfaced showing him in an alleged attempt to trade his influence for sex.

A deputy Cabinet minister from Hamas was seized today by Fatah gunmen in the West Bank.

A Jordanian military court today convicted eight militants of plotting to kill US troops in Iraq and Americans and Israelis in Jordan.