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Two years after Islamic State militants took thousands of Yazidi women and girls as sex slaves, many victims are now returning home pregnant or with newborn babies. One of the most complicated problems facing local communities is what to do with these unwanted IS babies.

An American who left his U.S. home to take on the Islamic State is dead. William Savage was the sixth foreign volunteer, and the second American, to die fighting with the Kurds against IS. A British man who fought with him tells VOA that Savage not only represented the best of the foreign volunteers, but also of the United States.

No flip-flop here. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is holding firm on plans to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants if he’s elected president of the United States. The businessman’s comments come a day after his new campaign manager said Trump’s deportation plans were “to be determined.”

VIDEO: Although New York usually votes Democratic in U.S. presidential elections, there’s one pocket of the state that’s wholeheartedly embracing Donald Trump this election cycle: Russian-speaking Brooklynites who might be nostalgic for a leader with a strong hand.

Is it time to shut down the Clinton Foundation? Amid suggestions that the charity’s donors had influence on Democrat Hillary Clinton, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is calling for its closure. And he’s not the only one.

The move is on to tap into the political power of young black women. African-American women flexed their political muscle during the last two U.S. presidential elections; 76 percent of eligible black women registered to vote in 2008 and 2012, with 70 percent actually showing up to cast their ballot on election day. However, young African-American women are less likely to vote, and there’s a push to get these millennials to understand their power—and act on it.

An Olympic marathoner from Ethiopia might just keep on running to stay out of danger. When silver medalist Feyisa Lilesa crossed the finish line in Rio Sunday, he made a symbol that showed solidarity with protestors back home. Now he worries about what could happen to him if he goes home.

We are the world. That inclusive outlook seems to be the attitude of millennials worldwide. A new global survey finds young people between the ages of 18 and 35 are cautiously optimistic and embrace mostly progressive values. But what happens when asked how they feel about refugees moving into their neighborhood?