More than a half century ago, a group of Puerto Ricans moved to Reading, Pennsylvania, to work the nearby mushroom fields. Since then the Latino and Hispanic population of the city itself has mushroomed — to 65% of the total. That majority-minority population is being closely watched politically because it is a key constituency in a swing state considered a must-win for both parties in next year’s presidential election
Jewher Ilham, the daughter of jailed Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti, is a graduate from Indiana University who has spoken out in support of his peaceful promotion of equal rights and greater autonomy for the Turkic speaking Uyghur ethnic group in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR)
Georgian teen Mako Gomuri lost her eye during a violent crackdown on June’s anti-government protests in Tbilisi. She wasn’t the only one, and eye patches became symbols of the protests. Now, three months later, Gomuri is fighting for compensation for what she believes was an excessive use of police force
Fifty aquatic warblers have been relocated from a Belarusian nature reserve to Lithuania in an attempt to boost the rare bird’s numbers. RFE/RL shot unique footage of the pioneering attempt to relocate the long-distance migratory bird from one country to another
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres (centre left) poses for a photo in front of the Peace Bell at the annual ceremony held at UN headquarters on 20 September in observance of the International Day of Peace (21 September)
The Washington Monument reopened to the public on Thursday after being closed for years to replace its aging elevator and security system. First lady Melania Trump attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony
Afghanistan has been awash in violence for decades, and hundreds of thousands of civilians have died in the fighting. A memorial designed to remember those lost and help survivors heal recently opened in Mazar-e-Sharif
The perpetrators of the murder of Mirza Waseem Baig allegedly linked to a mafia group specialized in the extortion of funds from local elected officials, as denounced by the journalist in several reports, always available on his Facebook page
The American Dream is many things to many people. For the Savchuk family who came to the U.S. from Ukraine more than 15 years ago, achieving their dream meant opening a small business and making a decent living
Zimbabwean doctor, Dr. Peter Magombeyi, who was allegedly abducted by suspected state security agents Saturday, says he is alive in Nyabira, about 35 kilometers north-west of Harare. State Security Minister Owen Ncube said he suspected that a “third force” was involved in the abduction