US officials said on Monday that the body of Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was buried at sea as fresh details surfaced about the US special forces operation that led to his death over the weekend.

Remains of Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi buried at sea: US official

When Russian President Vladimir Putin lands in Riyadh this week for the second time in 12 years, his call for endorsement of his proposal to replace the US defence umbrella in the Gulf with a multilateral security architecture is likely to rank high on his agenda.

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Sami Jassim al-Jabouri, also known as Haji Hamad, and his aide were killed 'in the vicinity of Qaim', the statement said

IS oil overseer killed in joint ops between Kurds and US special forces