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Hillary Clinton has accomplished what no other woman has by becoming the first female presumptive presidential nominee of a major U.S. political party. As people in six states, including California, head to the polls to vote in today’s primaries, both Clinton and presumed GOP nominee Donald Trump are on the minds of Muslim voters in New Jersey.

Because things aren’t tough enough for people in Syria and Iraq living under Islamic State control, IS decided stricter rules are needed during Ramadan, including limiting the work day to two hours so the rest can be spent in prayer and forbidding the use of satellite TV receivers. Muslim scholars say IS is using Ramadan to further its radical religious views.

QUICK TAKE VIDEO: Kurdish fighters made a fascinating discovery in Mosul, Iraq. VOA was there to take a guided tour of the elaborate underground tunnels used by Islamic State.

Children are going hungry after disappointing harvests across Southern Africa. Drought and flooding induced by El Nino have left more than 30 million people in need of food aid. VOA was in Balaka, one of the hardest-hit areas in Malawi, talking to mothers who struggle to feed their children.

Young, upwardly mobile coffee drinkers in South Africa want more than delicious coffee mixtures. This new generation has a taste for chic, pared-down concoctions that must also be made with single-origin, fair-trade beans. Is a new kind of coffee revolution brewing?

Can I have this dance? The answer is an emphatic “no” in Cambodia, which accuses Thailand of trying to steal an elaborate mask dance — known as Khon in Thai and Khol in Khmer — by registering the dance with UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage. VOA is in Thailand trying to “unmask” the truth.

Bhutan, a land of pristine beauty, is trying to stay that way by restricting overseas visitors. VOA went to the tiny Himalayan country, which is under pressure to accommodate more tourists in order to boost jobs and revenue. But that’s prompting fears mass tourism could destroy the world’s last Shangri-La.

Forget office cubicles, try co-working The United States was the first to come up with the concept of a co-working space. You can have a drink, take a nap, socialize with a new kind of “co-worker” and get down to business in a modern new way.