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The activities of President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior aide Jared Kushner have come under FBI scrutiny as part of the probe of Russian interference in last year's presidential election, U.S. media reported on May 25.

The Minnesota Senate version of a bill passed by the Minnesota House that would punish parents who subjected their daughters to female genital mutilation (FGM) is stalling in the Senate because some members of Minnesota’s immigrant and refugee communities oppose it.

Philippine troops engaged Islamic State-linked militants in pitched clashes on Thursday around the southern city of Marawi as the military deployed tanks to secure vital installations in a battle that has become a major test for President Rodrigo Duterte’s government.

Brazilian soldiers deployed on May 24 to defend government buildings in the capital Brasilia after protesters demanding the exit of President Michel Temer smashed their way into ministries and fought with riot police.

"At this moment, federal troops are already here in [the foreign ministry]," Defense Minister Raul Jungmann said in a brief televised statement.

The U.S. army failed to account for military equipment and vehicles worth more than $1 billion that were intended for Iraqi government forces, according to a 2016 audit by the Pentagon's inspector general.

One hundred Bulgarian books were introduced to the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. on the occasion of May 24th, Day of Bulgarian Education, Culture and Slavic Script, according to NOVA TV.

At a special ceremony in Washington, the books were introduced on the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture. They are part of a 30 millionth collection.

Faced with mounting unrest, Venezuela's unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro vowed on May 23 to push ahead in July with the formation of a "constituent assembly" to rewrite the constitution before regional elections in December.

North Korea’s main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyber attacks, according to defectors, officials and internet security experts.

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Five weeks after the April 16 referendum which consolidated executive powers in the president's hands - while also enabling the president to lead a political party instead of maintain his erstwhile non-partisan status - Tayyip Erdoğan returned to the chair of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) at an extraordinary congress on May 21 in Ankara.