DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Yemeni wing is targeting Saudi individuals to ask for donations to support its fight against the U.S.-allied government of Sanaa, Al Arabiya television reported Sunday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq released dozens of jailed militants at the weekend, including many from a group believed to be behind the 2007 kidnapping of five Britons in a move that may be linked to efforts to free the two remaining hostages.

A Saudi man who boasted about his sex life on television was sentenced to five years in jail on Wednesday, his lawyer said.

A Saudi man whose televised boasts about his sex life outraged the country's conservatives was sentenced to five years in jail and 1,000 lashes on Wednesday, his lawyer said.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke of "diplomatic sensitivities" with Israel in an interview aired on Wednesday after Ankara excluded the Jewish state from joint war games.

Israel's foreign minister ordered Turkey's ambassador to be summoned to protest a series on Turkish public television that incites hatred of Israel, the ministry said on Wednesday night.

Israel's foreign minister ordered Turkey's ambassador to be summoned to protest a series on Turkish public television that incites hatred of Israel, the ministry said on Wednesday night.

The Turkish and Iraqi premiers held talks in Baghdad on Thursday on the thorniest disputes between their two countries as Ankara moved to boost its Arab ties amid a growing spat with Israel.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted on Thursday that Ankara will continue to fight Kurdish rebels based inside Iraq, after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki demanded that it respect Iraqi sovereignty.

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki demanded that Turkey respect Iraq's sovereignty in its pursuit of Kurdish rebels, as he held talks with his Turkish counterpart in Baghdad on Thursday on the thorniest disputes between their two countries.

Egypt warned Sunday it would not wait "forever" for Palestinian factions to agree a unity deal after the Islamist movement Hamas postponed signing the accord with its Fatah rivals.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's military accused the United States and Israel of terrorism as it held a funeral on Tuesday for high-ranking commanders killed in the deadliest attack in the Islamic Republic since the 1980s.

Sunni militants in Iran boast of attacks but leave only rumors of Western ties. Seven years ago, a little-known group called Jundallah emerged in Iran with claims to fight for the rights of minority Sunnis in the unruly tribal areas near the border with Pakistan.

Saudi Arabia says airstrikes against infiltrators from Yemen were limited to Saudi territory. Saudi Arabia said Friday it carried out airstrikes against "infiltrators" from Yemen that were limited to areas inside Saudi territory, and vowed to press on with the military action until the border with its restive neighbor was secure.

RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemen's Shi'ite rebels said they had captured some Saudi soldiers on Friday, after Riyadh said it would press on with its offensive until it had cleared them from its territory.

Prince says Saudi forces evict rebels from mountain along the border. Saudi Arabian forces seized a strategic mountain straddling the border with Yemen and cleared it of Shiite rebels after five days of fighting that have left three Saudi soldiers dead, a Saudi defense official said Sunday.

SANAA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it would continue its offensive against Yemeni rebels unless they retreated well away from its borders, after insurgents said they had seized more territory near the world's largest oil exporter.

Saudi imposes naval blockade on Yemeni rebels to thwart weapons, says government adviser. Saudi Arabia imposed a naval blockade on the Red Sea coast of northern Yemen to stem the flow of weapons and fighters to Shiite rebels along its border, a Saudi government adviser and media reports said Tuesday.

Israeli police kicked out two Palestinian families from their homes in occupied east Jerusalem on Sunday to pave the way for an Israeli housing project that has triggered international protests.

JEDDAH (Reuters) - A suicide bomber failed in his attempt to kill the prince who heads Saudi Arabia's anti-terrorism campaign, the first attack on a member of the royal family since the start of a wave of violence by al Qaeda six years ago.