Hundreds were killed after the once bustling town in the southern Philippines was occupied by hardline fighters in 2017.

Hundreds were killed after the once bustling town in the southern Philippines was occupied by hardline fighters in 2017.
Bamako has cut ties with Kyiv, accusing it of complicity in an attack that killed Malian soldiers and Wagner troops.
The attack on a Shia mosque last week was likely aimed at sowing sectarian discord in a nation that is a key mediator.
In the first six months of the year, the group has claimed 153 attacks in Syria and Iraq.
The woman was charged with collaborating with ISIL and keeping kidnapped Yazidi women in her home in Mosul.
Iraqi authorities requested UNESCO halt all reconstruction operations at al-Nuri Mosque and evacuate the entire complex.
Multiple attacks on churches and synagogues in Dagestan.
The armed men used guns and machetes to attack residents of villages in Beni territory, in North Kivu province.
Russia says for first time that ISIL coordinated the concert hall assault in Moscow, in which more than 140 people died.
President Filipe Nyusi said the country’s army is battling ISIL-linked groups in gas-rich Cabo Delgado’s Macomia.
Officials says Russians do not have access to US forces at Airbase 101 as Moscow’s troops deployed to a separate hanger.
US ‘touched a nerve’ in security dealings with Niger, opening door to ‘transactional’ Russia as Sahel violence spirals.
Russian leader also suggests Ukraine is somehow involved in the attack without providing any evidence.
Four men accused of participating in the ISIL-claimed attack on a Moscow theatre have appeared in court.