The U.S. launched strikes in Nigeria against Islamic State militants on Christmas Day, after President Donald Trump threatened in November to go into the country "guns-a-blazing" over what he called a...

President Donald Trump has said the US launched a "powerful and deadly strike" against the Islamic State (IS) group in north-western Nigeria.

'Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing...