When the Islamic State terror group swept across northern Iraq in 2014, they tried to wipe out the Yazidi people, a minority ethnic group that had lived in the mountains for millennia. Thousands of men were killed, and women and girls forcibly enslaved. The ancient Yazidi culture was at risk of being eradicated
In 1994, Lezlie Hiner started ‘Work to Ride,’ a program for urban youth from low-income families or challenging environments. The program provides young people with a fun and challenging environment for gaining life skills and confidence
In the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, about 200 people work in shifts to search through the ash dump of a heating plant. Desperately poor, they are looking for unburned pieces of coal to sell. It’s hard work, but the only way to make a living for many of them during the winter
This restaurant in the town of Herndon in Virginia looks like a typical diner where whole families come to enjoy a hearty meal. But this restaurant serves more than just good food, it serves some people with very special needs
When 4-year-old Kainat fell ill with meningitis in Afghanistan, her parents wanted to take her to Pakistan for immediate treatment. But they had no visas, and had to send her unaccompanied to the other side of the border
Ukraine’s troubled railway company Ukrzaliznytsia and Deutsche Bahn have signed a 10-year memorandum of cooperation under which the German operator will plan a way forward for the state operator. Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk says it could lead to Deutsche Bahn jointly managing Ukrainian railways
Women are slowly moving into Afghanistan’s male-dominated restaurant industry. And one entirely women-run restaurant in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province is attracting food lovers from the region
Despite Kenya banning FGM – female genital mutilation – in 2011, the tradition has continued in some ethnic communities. President Uhuru Kenyatta vowed to end FGM before 2023, seven years ahead of a United Nations deadline to stop the practice globally. Activists, however, say more needs to be done as millions of girls are still at risk of undergoing the cut
It’s a kind of no-man’s-land: three Ukrainian villages lie beyond their country’s last border post on the road to Belarus, complicating life for the inhabitants who must pass through border checks to enter their own country
A settlement in western Afghanistan has become known as the “village of widows.” Some 50 women in the village of Mir Ali in Herat Province’s Adraskan district have lost their husbands, with many killed or executed after smuggling drugs across the Iranian border