Reforms continue in Uzbekistan as President Shavkat Mirziyoyev tries to reduce the former Soviet state’s isolation through a diplomatic charm…
Central Asia
Uzbekistan denies dictator’s daughter in Dubai
The Uzbek Prosecutor-General’s Office has denied rumours that Gulnara Karimova (pictured in 2009), the supposedly jailed daughter of late dictator…
Erdogan harassed over rights on German trip
An awkward state dinner for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was held in Berlin after German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier mourned…
Vostok seals Chinese bonds
Russia’s week-long military exercises have continued with displays of its self-propelled, multiple-rocket launcher as western analysts warn about the growing…
Russia to hold largest exercise since 1981
Russia says it will hold its biggest military exercise since 1981 in September, involving Chinese and Mongolian forces. The news…
Uzbeks and Tajiks celebrate restored ties
Residents on either side of the Tajikistan-Uzbekistan border are benefiting from prominent interactions between the presidents and national security ministries…
Chechen teens launch ‘Isis’ attacks
So-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated teenage attacks across Chechnya yesterday (Monday) that left four…
18 Aug 2018
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16 Aug 2018
Caspian leaders fudge legal status
1 Aug 2018
Isis releases Tajik video
11 Jul 2018
Uzbek e-visas to launch
30 May 2018
‘Floating Chernobyl’ arrives in Arctic
20 May 2018
Chechen church attackers killed: Moscow
10 May 2018
UN studies Uzbek rights record
10 May 2018
Deadly plague brought by Huns: study
9 May 2018