BUS FIRE IN KAZAKHSTAN KILLS 52 ALONG ROUTE USED BY MIGRANT WORKERS

The bus was travelling from southern Kazakhstan to Russia's Kazan, Kazakh officials said... READ MORE›

CENTRAL ASIAN GROUP PRAISES ACHIEVEMENTS OF CPC

Song invited parties from Central Asian countries to actively push the Belt and Road Initiative and together build a community of a shared destiny... READ MORE›

TIME TO BOOST LINKS LI TELLS 3 LEADERS

While meeting with Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, Li said China will work with Uzbekistan to advance projects of production capacity cooperation and connectivity... READ MORE›

HOW THE USSR'S EFFORT TO DESTROY ISLAM CREATED A GENERATION OF RADICALS

They did, and by the '70s Islam had made a comeback in much of Central Asia... READ MORE›

CARGO TRAIN ROLLS OUT BETWEEN EAST CHINA, KAZAKHSTAN[1]

A cargo train between Ganzhou, East China's Jiangxi province, and Kazakhstan starts its journey on July 27, 2017... READ MORE›

CARGO TRAIN ROLLS OUT BETWEEN EAST CHINA, KAZAKHSTAN[1]

A cargo train between Ganzhou, East China's Jiangxi province, and Kazakhstan starts its journey on July 27, 2017... READ MORE›

DRUGS MULE MICHAELLA MCCOLLUM RETURNS TO IBIZA AND THE SCENE OF THE CRIME

The move will make the SCO one of the biggest regional organizations, covering about half of the world's population... READ MORE›

The Aral Sea has been retreating over the last half-century since a massive Soviet irrigation project diverted water from the rivers that fed it into farmland... READ MORE›

IS CENTRAL ASIA A 'HOTBED FOR EXTREMISM'?

As evidence, many cited a string of recent attacks carried out by individuals of Central Asian origin in Istanbul, Saint Petersburg and Stockholm... READ MORE›

UZBEKS VOTE ON EXPECTED 4TH TERM FOR AUTHORITARIAN

Mr. Karimov has led impoverished, landlocked Uzbekistan since it was still part of the Soviet Union and has used his 26 years in power to eliminate all opposition and even criticism... READ MORE›

KYRGYZSTAN VOTES FOR NEW PRESIDENT IN HISTORIC ELECTION

Voters in the central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan are choosing a new president in an election that is unusual for the region because it is unpredictable... READ MORE›

STOCKHOLM ATTACK SUSPECT IS UZBEK DENIED RESIDENCY IN SWEDEN

Appears to be listed as living at another address in the northern Stockholm suburb of Hjulsta... READ MORE›

PAKISTANI CHRISTIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY FILES APPEAL

Asia Bibi was found guilty of insulting the prophet Muhammad four years ago after incident in June 2009... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA SHOULD WELCOME MORE SYRIAN REFUGEES

Our general response to the Syrian crisis should be to increase permanently our overall humanitarian immigration intake... READ MORE›

SANCHITA ISLAM ON MOTHERS AND MENTAL HEALTH

The mental health services are not working with people like me, patients who are going through it... READ MORE›

TURKEY IDENTIFIES NATIONALITIES OF AIRPORT BOMBERS

But an enduring question was why the militant group chose not to send its Russian-speaking fighters on such missions... READ MORE›

SCENES FROM A TRAGEDY: JUST ANOTHER WEEK IN EUROPE'S MIGRANT CRISIS - IN PICTURES

Scenes from a tragedy just another week in Europe's migrant crisis - in pictures... READ MORE›

PUTIN ENCOURAGES IRAN TO JOIN RUSSIA-LED EURASIAN ALLIANCE

In some branches of the economy Russian-Iranian cooperation has already become strategic, Putin noted... READ MORE›

HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DISMAY AS UZBEKISTAN AUTOCRAT CLINGS TO POWER

Among human rights activists and political dissidents, the gnashing of teeth has already begun... READ MORE›

EU AND IRAN DEFEND NUCLEAR DEAL, UNDER FIRE FROM TRUMP

The nuclear deal was a major achievement of European and international multilateral diplomacy, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini told a conference in Uzbekistan... READ MORE›

KERRY TIES UZBEKISTANS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD TO COOPERATION ON MANY FRONTS

Sanctions imposed in 2004 over human rights abuses were waived by the White House that year in recognition of Uzbekistan's supporting role in the war in Afghanistan... READ MORE›

CENTRAL ASIA LINK TO ST PETERSBURG BOMB IS WORRYING SIGN FOR KREMLIN

Hundreds, if not thousands, of people from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan are believed to be fighting with Isis... READ MORE›

THE STATE MUSEUM OF ARTS IN TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN

In Postcards from Uzbekistan this week we visit the State Museum of Arts in the capital Tashkent... READ MORE›

BRITAIN COULD LAUNCH AIR STRIKES ON LIBYA, DAVID CAMERON WARNS

Mr Cameron welcomed the start of bombing raids by Turkey to downgrade and then destroy Isil, and spoke to Prime Minister Davutoglu on Saturday night... READ MORE›

WHY UZBEKS BECAME A KEY FIGHTING FORCE FOR IS GROUP

Experts say Central Asians, and Uzbeks in particular, are a prominent fighting force in the militant group's jihad... READ MORE›

HOW A A?530M DAM IN CAMBODIA SHOWS CHINA'S GROWING FINANCIAL POWER PLAY

China's financial power play How a A?530m dam in Cambodia symbolises the growing, sometimes ruthless, influence of Beijing across Asia... READ MORE›

KYRGYZSTAN AND UZBEKISTAN TURN TO CIVILIAN MILITIAS TO SECURE BORDERS

Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan turn to civilian militias to secure borders Central Asian countries are looking to volunteers to help strengthen security along ill-defined frontiers... READ MORE›

IS CONTAGION GROWING IN INDONESIA

Thousands of Indonesians are believed to have made the pledge of allegiance to Islamic State in mosques, prayer rooms, homes and prisons across the country... READ MORE›

NEW RUSSIAN MIGRATION LAW BOOSTS ISLAMIC STATE RECRUITMENT IN TAJIKISTAN

Bobonazarova likened Tajikistan's dependence on the Russian market to a hostage situation ... READ MORE›

STOCKHOLM ATTACK SUSPECT WAS ISIS RECRUIT UZBEK OFFICIAL SAYS

Mr. Kamilov said that Mr. Akilov was born in 1978 in Samarkand, in central Uzbekistan... READ MORE›

UZBEKISTAN ELECTION: ACTING PRESIDENT EXPECTED TO WIN EASILY

Uzbekistan is holding its first presidential election since the death of Islam Karimov, the man who ruled the Central Asian country with an iron fist for 27..... READ MORE›

'YOU WORK MORE, YOU EARN MORE'

In Old Havana, there's a storefront with a cardboard sign for a private hairdresser... READ MORE›

RURIK JUTTING TO UNDERGO PSYCHIATRIC TESTS BEFORE HONG KONG MURDER TRIAL

Video Rurik Jutting to undergo psychiatric tests before Hong Kong murder trial... READ MORE›