MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin’s supporters will enjoy complete control over Russia’s next parliament, a tally from Sunday’s election showed, giving him a solid power base after he leaves the Kremlin.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will keep his official country residence when his term ends next year, exploiting a traditional perk for outgoing heads of state, the Kremlin’s chief property manager said.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Forty senior al Qaeda in Iraq members were either captured or killed in November, including a senior adviser to the Sunni Islamist group’s leader, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.