US, Nigeria presidents say senior IS leader killed in joint operation

A senior Islamic State group leader has been killed in a joint operation by United States and Nigerian forces in the west African country, the two countries’ presidents said. US President Donald Trump, in a post on his Truth social media, said Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was killed in a “meticulously planned” joint operation with Nigerian forces. He went on to say that al-Minuki – who has been under US sanctions since 2023 – was the second-in-command of ISIS globally and “the most active terrorist in the world”. Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu called the strike, which took place in the early…