Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday intensified efforts to rally Middle Eastern countries against U.S. recognition of occupied Jerusalem as Israel's capital, setting up talks with Arab leaders beginning in Cairo. Abbas will meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt, which...

Iraq’s firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday ordered members of Saraya al-Salam militia, his Sadrist movement’s military wing, to hand over their weapons to the Iraqi government after defeating the Daesh terrorist group.   “I ordered the Saraya al-Salam group to...

Saudi Arabia on Monday announced a lifting of the kingdom's decades-long ban on cinemas, a landmark decision part of a series of social reforms ushered in by the powerful crown prince. The culture and information ministry announced in a statement that "commercial cinemas will be allowed...

 Israel's leader faces renewed pressure from Europe on Monday to reboot the Middle East's moribund peace process following widespread criticism of the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Jewish state's capital. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be in Brussels for an...