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CHINA TO DEVELOP ARCTIC SHIPPING ROUTES OPENED BY GLOBAL WARMING
China has announced plans to develop shipping lanes through the Arctic to become a Polar Silk Route ... READ MORE›
ARCHAEOLOGISTS LOOK TO UNCOVER MYSTERIES OF ANCIENT NINE DOMES MOSQUE IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN
Like all excavations, those of the Nine Domes Mosque pose more questions than they answer, said the archaeologist... READ MORE›
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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›
CHINESE COMPANIES POISED TO HELP REBUILD WAR-TORN SYRIA
China is turning towards the Middle East and is ready to play a major role in helping to rebuild war-torn Syria... 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›
CPEC: PAKISTAN AND CHINA STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC TIES
The 3,000km trade route, called the China Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC, links China's Xinjiang province with Gwadar in Pakistan's Balochistan province... READ MORE›
CHINA WIDENS ITS SILK ROAD TO THE WORLD
China's new 'Silk Road' initiative is the only large-scale, multilateral development project that the 21st century has seen so far... READ MORE›
UIGHUR IS FIGHTERS VOW BLOOD WILL 'FLOW IN RIVERS' IN CHINA
Rian Thum, a Uighur specialist at Loyola University New Orleans, said the Uighurs in the video were presented in the style of Islamic State propaganda... READ MORE›
THE SUN HITS BACK AT HYPOCRITE RUSSELL BRAND BY SAYING HE S NOT FUNNY... AND NO-ONE LIKES HIM
The center has a gym with a full-size basketball court, and wheelchair teams from the seven centers compete in the tournament, with Mr. Cairo as one of the referees... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 5 POLICE SAID TO BE KILLED IN CHINA STABBING
Repeated calls to the Xinjiang government and public security departments were not answered... READ MORE›
CHINA PLANS TO LAUNCH CARGO SERVICE TO PAKISTAN THROUGH POK
China is planning to launch a road and rail freight service to Pakistan through the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, a move which could raise concerns in India... READ MORE›
WHY RUSSIA FACES ANOTHER ISLAMIC TERROR FRONT
The situation there in Afghanistan is close to critical, Putin said Friday at a meeting with Central Asian leaders near Moscow, according to the Kremlin's website... READ MORE›
CHINA 'MARCO POLO' XI JINPING STARTS JOCKEYING IN POST-OBAMA WORLD
A new Asia-Pacific trade deal will definitely represent a reset in US-China relations... READ MORE›
RUSSIA AND ALLIES TO RAISE GUARD AT BORDERS WITH AFGHANISTAN
Mr. Putin spoke a day after the White House said it would extend the United States' military mission in Afghanistan until at least 2017... READ MORE›
CHABAHAR CORRIDOR TO GIVE CENTRAL ASIA 'DEPENDABLE' ACCESS TO GLOBAL MARKETS
Once implemented, this corridor will provide additional and dependable access for Afghanistan and Central Asia to regional and global markets... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | U.S. ALLY TURKEY MAY HAVE A NEW BEST FRIEND IN BEIJING
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Washington for a meeting with President Trump... READ MORE›
TO SIDESTEP PAKISTAN, INDIA EMBRACES AN IRANIAN PORT
India is mostly just trying to grab a piece of Iran's post-sanctions economic growth... READ MORE›
RUSSIA ENDS COOPERATION WITH US ON AFGHANISTAN
Russia, he said, would sit out any talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government in Kabul, backed by the United States, Pakistan and China... READ MORE›
KERRY REASSURES AFGHANISTAN'S NEIGHBORS OVER U.S. TROOP DRAWDOWN
During the summer, Rakhmon's government banned the only official Islamist political party in former Soviet Central Asia... 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›
THE MAN WHO HELPED SAVE AFGHANISTAN'S TREASURES FROM RAVAGES OF WAR
Najibullah Popal squirrelled away priceless gold from Kabul's National Museum - and kept the secret for 11 years... READ MORE›
UIGHUR IS FIGHTERS VOW BLOOD WILL 'FLOW IN RIVERS' IN CHINA
Hundreds of people have been killed in Xinjiang in the past few years, most in unrest between Uighurs and ethnic majority Han Chinese... 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›
'THE WHOLE CITY IS SHOCKED': BARE-LEGGED WOMAN IN KABUL GOES VIRAL
'The whole city is shocked' bare-legged woman in Kabul goes viral... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE AUDIO TAPE RAISES DOUBT WHETHER AFGHAN LEADER DEAD
Achin fell to fighters loyal to Saeed last month after heavy clashes with Taliban militants... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF WARNS ISLAMIC STATE GROUP MAY INVADE CENTRAL ASIA
MOSCOW Russian intelligence has warned of an increased risk of Taliban or Islamic State group fighters staging an invasion of Central Asia... READ MORE›
CHINA'S ADVANCE INTO CENTRAL ASIA RUFFLES RUSSIAN FEATHERS
China's ambitious Central Asian plans did not go down well, at least initially, in Moscow... READ MORE›
RUSSIA SAYS WORRIED ABOUT CONCENTRATION OF ISLAMIST TERROR GROUPS IN AFGHANISTAN
MOSCOW Russia is concerned about the concentration of Islamist terror groups in northern Afghanistan Maria Zakharova a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday... READ MORE›
Has taken off, the official said of the Fly Dubai aircraft... READ MORE›
CHINA-EUROPE NEW FREIGHT TRAIN LINKS XI'AN WITH BUDAPEST
Starting Nov. 28, 2013, Xi'an has launched 317 cargo trains to central Asia and Europe, exporting 474,000 tonnes of goods as of April 1 this year... READ MORE›
RUSSIA GIVES A GIFT OF 10,000 AUTOMATIC RIFLES TO AFGHANISTAN
Photo AP Wednesday's delivery comes as Russian officials say they have become impatient with the failures of Washington's policies in Afghanistan... READ MORE›