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NPR's Jackie Northam describes what it was like recently sitting across a courtroom from a man accused of atrocities in Rwanda, 25 years after she covered the genocide.

Associated Press style guidelines may help bring understanding to issues of race.

A variety of genetic tests are available to screen both fetus and parents. One option that's growing in popularity is called an expanded carrier screening. The results can be useful and overwhelming.

Some 800,000 Rwandans, mostly from the country's Tutsi minority, were killed in the mass slaughter. President Kagame said the country is "wounded and heartbroken, yes. But unvanquished."

About 45 percent of Hispanics self-identify as white, according to UCLA law professor Laura Gómez, but that’s not likely how others see them.

Bangladesh wants a million Rohingya refugees to go back to Myanmar. But 18 months after most of them fled violence, they are too afraid to go back and are making new lives for themselves in camps.

Bangladesh wants a million Rohingya refugees to go back to Myanmar. But 18 months after most of them fled violence, they are too afraid to go back and are making new lives for themselves in camps.

Lessons in noodle-making is one of the ways that China hopes to eliminate rural poverty by 2020.

Jennifer Siebel Newsom on Monday backed her first initiative since her husband became governor in January, a drive to promote equal pay for women.

Taliban insurgents attacked the convoy of Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum on Saturday. Afghan officials said he was unharmed but at least one of his guards was killed.