In Iraq, a senior leader of Islamic State terror group has been killed in an airstrike in western Mosul, Iraqi government forces said. Senior mufti Abdullah al-Badrani, also known as Abu Ayub al-Atar, reportedly died after his location was bombed by the US-led coalition, which was backing government forces on Thursday. Iraqi forces, backed by Western airstrikes, are battling the jihadists in the west of the city after recapturing the eastern side earlier this year.