U.S. to go ahead with Bahrain economic conference in late June

The Trump administration will go ahead with its Bahrain conference in late June to lay out the economic part of its long-awaited Middle East peace plan, a U.S. official said on Thursday, despite the start of a new Israeli election campaign. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the political component of the plan dealing with the thorny issues at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be released the "when the timing is right."