A district court in Samsun, on Turkey’s north coast, cleared activists Alisher Sakhatov and Abdulla Orusov for deportation ...

Since Shavkat Mirziyoyev assumed the presidency in 2016, Uzbekistan has averaged 5.7 percent GDP growth annually, while ...

Citizens of the Central Asian state seeking to visit the United States will no longer be able to obtain multi-entry visas, only single-entry. In addition, non-immigrant visas issued to Kyrgyz citizens ...

A district court in Bishkek ordered the closure July 9 of April TV – a Russian-language outlet that broadcast on YouTube and ...

The head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Russia’s international assistance agency, has an ambitious plan for the Kremlin soft-power ...

Efforts by Central Asian states to engage with Afghanistan are getting a boost from the United Nations. A recently adopted UN ...

Amid escalating tension with Armenia stemming from Yerevan’s desire to pivot westward, and lacking the ability to offer economic incentives, Russia is resorting to a traditional tactic to get its way: ...

Alexander Kurenkov, Russia’s minister for emergency situations and a trusted lieutenant of Kremlin kingpin Vladimir Putin, ...

Another project designed to draw Afghans closer to Central Asia is the AIRITOMFree Zone in Termez, which opened last year and ...

Critics say Georgian Dream’s cultural policies place greater emphasis on optics than substance, adding that traditional music ...

(Photo: gov.kz) The Middle Corridor trade route is filling out. China and Kazakhstan have announced the launch of a new freight rail transit line that will deliver Chinese goods to Europe while ...

Top Trump Administration officials have set countering China’s growing global influence as a top foreign policy priority. In Central Asia, US officials will face an uphill struggle in trying to reduce ...