RIYADH:  United States President Barack Obama led a heavyweight delegation to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) to meet new King Salman and discussed the two countries' ongoing fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.

The leaders also tackled the issue of Iran's nuclear program and human rights in the conservative kingdom, a senior US official said.

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