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AT LEAST 95 PEOPLE DEAD, 158 WOUNDED IN AFGHAN CAR BOMBING
At least 95 people dead, 158 wounded in Afghan car bombing... READ MORE›
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›
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›
'NO SURVIVORS' AS BURNING IRANIAN OIL TANKER SINKS NEAR JAPAN
The burning Iranian oil tanker Sanchi has sunk in Japan's exclusive economic zone, according to Chinese state television. The head of the Iranian rescue team... READ MORE›
'NO HOPE OF FINDING SURVIVORS' ON BURNING OIL TANKER
Describes itself as operating the largest tanker fleet in the Middle East. It's the second collision for a ship from the National Iranian Tanker Co... READ MORE›
BEIJING FLOATS IPO PLAN TO HELP TURN 'SILK ROAD' DREAM INTO REALITY
Photo iStock When it comes to twists and turns, China's grandiose Silk Road project is starting to resemble a theme park rollercoaster... READ MORE›
CHINA CONSIDERS HONG KONG IPOS IN YUAN FOR BELT AND ROAD COMPANIES
The report did not include details of how the government would facilitate fundraisings in Hong Kong... READ MORE›
CHINA'S LANDLOCKED 'PORT' IN KAZAKHSTAN DOESN'T NEED WATER TO SUCCEED
COSCO is a 49 percent owner of the Khorgos Gateway rail hub connecting Kazakhstan to China at a remote border area dividing the two countries... READ MORE›
A VISA-FREE ZONE WELCOMES YOUR WALLET. BUT MAYBE NOT YOUR BEARD.
Its unusually easy to enter a special economic development zone between China and Kazakhstan, unless your garb suggests you have Islamist leanings... READ MORE›
32 MISSING, INCLUDING 30 IRANIANS, AFTER OIL TANKER AND BULK FREIGHTER COLLIDE IN CHINA
Chinese officials say 32 crew members from an Iranian oil tanker are missing after a collision in Chinas eastern coast... READ MORE›
MOTHER OF KABUL BLAST VICTIM: 'ISIL, WHY MY SON?'
Over the past two years, ISIL has claimed a growing number of attacks in certain areas of Afghanistan where its presence was previously rare... READ MORE›
AS U.S. SANCTIONS KEEP WESTERN BUSINESSES OUT OF IRAN, CHINA SEIZES THE OPPORTUNITY
China sees Iran as an important component of its One Belt, One Road program, connecting China to Europe via Asia... READ MORE›
ATTACKERS STORM SHIITE CULTURAL CENTER IN KABUL; 35 KILLED
In an interview, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid denied involvement in Thursday's attack on the cultural center... READ MORE›
CHINA, PAKISTAN TO LOOK AT INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN IN $57 BILLION ECONOM
Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani speaks during a joint news conference after the 1st China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing, China, December 26, 2017... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BLAST IN AFGHAN CAPITAL, KABUL
The blast, close to the entrance of the security agency compound, killed at least three people and wounded one, Afghan government officials said... 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›
MILITANT ATTACK ONGOING AT KABUL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING CENTRE
In November, a suicide attacker blew himself up outside a political gathering in Kabul, killing at least 14 people in an attack claimed by IS... READ MORE›
MILITANT ATTACK ONGOING AT KABUL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING CENTRE
In November, a suicide attacker blew himself up outside a political gathering in Kabul, killing at least 14 people in an attack claimed by IS... 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›
CHARITY SHOP CUSTOMERS LEAVE EMPTY-HANDED, REFUGEES BENEFIT
Customers at a new charity shop in London walk away empty-handed and any money they spend goes to assist refugees in Europe and the Middle East... READ MORE›
200 BCM OF GAS PIPED TO CHINA FROM CENTRAL ASIA
The project creates a win-win situation while benefiting over 300 million Chinese, it has also created nearly 10,000 jobs in Central Asia... READ MORE›
NOW PUTIN IS BEING ASKED TO BRING PEACE TO AFGHANISTAN
Russia has a significant role in bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table, Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Haneef Atmar told reporters in Moscow on Thursday... READ MORE›
HOW TURKEY, IRAN, RUSSIA AND INDIA ARE PLAYING THE NEW SILK ROADS
It connects Central Asia to Turkey with the Marmaray project in Istanbul and via the Caspian region... READ MORE›
XI SENDS CONDOLENCES TO IRANIAN COUNTERPART OVER MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE
The Chinese people stand firmly with the Iranian people during this difficult time, he noted... 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›
GUNMEN STORM TV STATION IN KABUL
Last year seven members of staff from the private Tolo television station were killed in a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul... 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›
Trending News Headlines : Central Asia
FIRST CHINA-U.K. FREIGHT TRAIN DEPARTS AS XI SEEKS TO LIFT TRADE
China initiated a rail-freight service to Britain as part of President Xi Jinping's efforts to strengthen trade ties with Europe... READ MORE›
COULD GREAT WALL OF IRON BECOME NEW SILK ROADBLOCK?
The Daesh video signals the formal excommunication of the Turkestan Islamic Party TIP, which is essentially al-Qaeda in Xinjiang... READ MORE›
SRI LANKA PROTEST OVER CHINESE INVESTMENT TURNS UGLY
Several people have been injured in southern Sri Lanka during a protest against allowing China to build a port and industrial zone... 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›
CHINA TARGETS PARENTS WITH RELIGION RULES IN XINJIANG
The government strongly denies committing any abuses in Xinjiang and insists the legal, cultural and religious rights of the Uighur people are fully protected... READ MORE›
XINJIANG BAN ON LONG BEARDS AND VEILS
The restrictions were approved by Xinjiang lawmakers and published on the region's official news website... 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›
CHINA, SAUDI ARABIA HOLD JOINT 'ANTI-TERROR' DRILLS
Human rights groups say violence in Xinjiang is more a reaction to repressive government policies and limits on Uighurs' religious freedoms, accusations the government denies... READ MORE›
INDIA KNOWS HOW TO END CRISIS
Indian home minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday he believed the border standoff with China would end soon... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | WHAT WERE CAITLAN COLEMAN AND JOSHUA BOYLE REALLY DOING IN AFGHANISTAN?
Why did Boyle and Coleman, seven months pregnant, decide to go to Kabul?... READ MORE›
JUST WHAT IS THIS ONE BELT, ONE ROAD THING ANYWAY?
While China stands to reap major benefits from OBOR projects, it is also footing a significant proportion of the risks entailed with them... 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›
CHINA BANS 'ABNORMAL' BEARDS & VEILS TO CURB EXTREMISM IN MUSLIM REGION
The Uighur people - the dominant Muslim minority in Xinjiang -mostly practice a moderate form of Sunni Islam... READ MORE›
CHINESE TROOPS PATROL CONTROL LINE ON CHINA-INDIA BORDER
As of the end of July, there were still more than 40 Indian border troops and one bulldozer illegally remaining in the Chinese territory... READ MORE›
TRUMP, PUTIN DISCUSS SYRIA, NORTH KOREA, MIDDLE EAST IN PHONE CALL
Trump, Putin discuss Syria, North Korea, Middle East in phone call White House... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN APPROVES RUSSIA'S REQUEST TO USE STRATEGIC GWADAR PORT
On top of it, Russia also wants to join the USD 46 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor to reap the maximum dividends... READ MORE›
CHINA KAZAKHSTAN JOIN HANDS TO BOLSTER COOPERATION
The two sides also agreed to connect China's advantages in both land and maritime transportation with Kazakhstan's need for access to maritime transportation... READ MORE›
MASSIVE LANDSLIDE KILLS 24 IN KYRGYSTAN'S OSH
Heavy rain triggered landslides in Kyrgystan's Osh region, burying part of a village and killing at least 24 people, including nine children... READ MORE›
IS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR RUSSIAN STABBING ATTACK
The attacker in the Russian city of Surgut is an Islamic State soldier, the group said via its Amaq news agency... READ MORE›
SHIA MOSQUE ATTACKED IN AFGHAN CAPITAL, KABUL
Attackers have targeted a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in what officials say is an ongoing incident... READ MORE›
15 YEARS ON: WHAT US LEGACY IN AFGHANISTAN?
Interestingly enough Afghanistan's redemption could also be that of America... READ MORE›
IRAN SENTENCES PRINCETON GRADUATE STUDENT TO 10 YEARS FOR ESPIONAGE REPORT SAYS
The Mizan news agency named the American as 37-year-old Xiyue Wang, a graduate student and researcher at Princeton University... READ MORE›
GUN BATTLE AND SUICIDE BOMBING IN AFGHAN CAPITAL
Afghan police say a suicide attack has taken place outside the Iraqi embassy in the capital, Kabul... READ MORE›
US' 'MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS' KILLED AT LEAST 90 ISIS MILITANTS IN AFGHANISTAN
US' 'Mother of All Bombs' killed at least 90 ISIS militants in Afghanistan Afghan officials... READ MORE›
BEIJING'S LATEST WORRY: THOUSANDS OF CHINESE JIHADIS JOINING TERROR GROUPS IN SYRIA
The Turkistan Islamic Party is the other name for the East Turkistan Islamic Movement that considers China's Xinjiang to be East Turkistan... READ MORE›
CHINA EYES GLOBAL ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP AS U.S. TURNS INWARD
As the U.S. becomes more insular in economic philosophy, I think it gives China one more reason to ..... READ MORE›
TAJIKISTAN USES INTERPOL RED NOTICE ON MIRZORAHIM KUZOV
His arrest was possible because of a red notice alert issued at Tajikistan's request, a tool which allows Interpol... READ MORE›
BOMB BLAST IN KABUL WOUNDS TWO SECURITY FORCES
Security throughout Afghanistan continues to slide amid attacks by the Taliban and other armed groups... 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›