King Salman, who has welcomed the Trump administration's policies toward Iran after tense Obama years, touts 'close historical relations' between the countries

Neil Kinnock, former leader of UK's Labour Party whose prose Biden lifted during first run at White House, says president-elect has 'wise, adult calm'

Former VP enjoyed clear majorities among college graduates, women, young people, Black Americans and other groups, while also pulling in some Republicans who rejected Trump

Israel warily eyes president-elect's plans to rejoin JCPOA and restart negotiations with Tehran, but some defense analysts see an opportunity to capitalize on Trump's sanctions

Yuval Steinitz denies Tehran is closer to building a nuclear bomb than it was several years ago, slams 'immoral' expressions of joy in Israel over Trump's defeat

Marc Zell repeats Trump's claims of election fraud, asserts Netanyahu congratulated US president-elect ‘just in case’; former ambassador Shapiro says 'no chance' incumbent can win

President-elect's economic vision of raising the minimum wage, rewriting the tax code and taxing high-earners will be a stark departure from Trump's policies

But Daniel Kurtzer anticipates Washington will talk to Jerusalem before rejoining 2015 pact; Iran's Rouhani urges president-elect to bring US back into agreement

President says election victor will be 'leader of free world and of Israel's closest, most important ally'; Netanyahu notes decades of 'warm personal' relationship with Biden'

New administration is not expected to reverse Washington's trend in focusing more on Asia and on pulling its forces out of conflict zones