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There’s no telling if a rumored delegate insurgency among Republicans is anywhere near widespread enough to deny Donald Trump the majority of delegates he needs to clinch the Republican nomination for president. But we did wonder how much leeway delegates have to vote the way they want, instead of following the will of primary voters in their state or district. Here’s what we learned.

Trump thinks Muslim immigrants have trouble assimilating, but Syria native Mohamed Khairullah might disagree. After moving to Prospect Park, New Jersey, as a teenager in 1991, he’s now mayor of the small American town.

QUICK TAKE VIDEO: Hundreds of entrepreneurs from 170 countries are in Palo Alto, California, for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit. VOA is also there as attendees network, pitch their companies to investors and share their unique challenges.

It’s down to the wire as Britain prepares for Thursday’s momentous vote over whether to leave the European Union. The debate has centered on immigration and economic security. Here’s why the stakes are so huge.

North Korea’s latest missile tests suggest the Kim Jong Un government is continuing to advance its ballistic missile technology, which could present a serious threat.

Is Turkey showing more zeal for cracking down on pro-Kurdish rights activists than battling the Islamic State? VOA examines why Ankara might prefer the terror group to the Kurdish rebel group known as the PKK.

His biceps are as big as cannonballs, and he rides into battle on a bicycle with a hatchet in hand. He claims to have killed 1,500 Islamic State fighters in a single year, and it’s rumored that IS is so terrified of him that it will kill anyone who utters his name. Meet the man people are calling the ‘Iraqi Rambo”.

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