Al-Kadhimi is second Middle Eastern leader slated to visit Washington this month after Jordan's King Abdullah; Bennett also expected for talks, but no date set yet

Opposition leader claims that supplying additional water to Amman enables it to provide oil to Iran via a never-built pipeline, thus bolstering Tehran's nuclear program

A former top aide to King Abdullah and a royal are found guilty of sedition and incitement in the affair that also entangled the monarch's half-brother

An attorney for Bassem Awadallah says he was beaten, subjected to electrical shock and threatened with future mistreatment 'if he didn't confess'

According to Herzog's office, Abdullah phoned to congratulate him on appointment, expressed satisfaction with recent improvement of diplomatic ties

Water shortage, tensions in royal family, economic woes push nervous US and Israel to show of support for king, fearing fall of key ally could have disastrous effects on region

Jordanian officials said to be unnerved by news of meeting leaking out, having agreed to summit under condition of strict secrecy

Biden extends invitation for monarch to visit on July 19, which will likely proceed meeting with Bennett for which no date has been announced

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The visit to Baghdad by Sissi -- hailed for brokering Gaza ceasefire -- marks the first time an Egyptian head of state has entered Iraq in three decades