Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday he was positive about the way the incoming U.S. administration wanted to restore American influence in the world, contain Iran and fight Islamic State. "We are optimistic about the incoming administration and look forward to working with...

Bahrain's foreign ministry summoned Iraq's ambassador in Manama to protest against remarks by Iraqi officials denouncing the execution of men convicted of a 2014 bomb attack, state news agency BNA said Monday. The execution on Sunday of three men, whose attack killed three policemen, has...

An explosion in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakir wounded three people on Monday, security sources said, although it was not immediately clear what caused the blast. The sources said the explosion happened near a university in the city, the biggest in the mainly Kurdish southeast....

A Palestinian lawmaker was among at least 13 activists arrested by Israeli forces on Monday in an operation targeting resistance movement Hamas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. In a statement, the Israeli army said the operation was aimed at breaking up a Hamas "cell" that had been...