Central Asia

Why Central Asia Needs Chinese Buses: A Report from the Yutong Factory

Today, Yutong is one of the main players in the market, having already delivered thousands of buses to the region: with adaptation to local conditions, service, and digital monitoring.

Emomali Rahmon shakes up officials

SCNS, MFA, State Television and Radio, and other structures

Snow avalanches threaten Dushanbe-Khujand highway

Numerous snow avalanches are expected to hit the Dushanbe-Khujand highway in the next 24 hours, says the Hydrometeorology Center of Tajikistan (Hydromet). The most dangerous...

Bomb hits minibus in Kabul, killing two civilians and wounding 14 others

A bomb blast ripped through a minibus in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, Saturday (January 6) evening, killing at least two civilians and wounding 14 others. The...

Blasts kill more than 100 at slain commander Soleimani’s memorial

Iranian media reports say two separate explosions left at least 103 people killed and 211 injured in the Iranian city of Kerman on January...

Russian president signed record number of secret decrees last year, says independent news website

Almost one-half of the presidential decrees signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin last year were reportedly done in secret, a Russian independent media outlet...

China expected to invest in infrastructure development projects in Central Asia

Eurasianet reports that China is moving forward with a variety of investment and infrastructure projects in Central Asia designed to boost exports to the...

New chapter of Tajikistan-Iran cooperation in media opens, says Tajik diplomat

Iran Press (IP) says Counselor of Tajikistan’s Embassy in Tehran  Muzaffar Muhammadi on December 10 announced the opening of Media offices of Tajikistan and...

Police officer in Uzbekistan gets jail term of 15 years for raping a 13-year-old girl

Uzbek media reports say a police officer in Tashkent has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl. Kun.uz reports that...

Former chief of Kazakhstan’s border service gets a lengthy jail term for abuse of power and bribery

Kazakh media reports say the military court of the Almaty garrison sentenced Darkhan Dilmanov, former Director of the Border Service also former Deputy Chairman...

Kyrgyz president signs law on changing national flag design

The Kyrgyz president’s press service said on December 22 the Kyrgyzstan will partially change the design on the country's national flag, with a corresponding...

Russian ambassador summoned to Uzbek MFA after Russian politician suggests annexing Uzbekistan

Media reports say the Russian Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Oleg Malginov, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan after Russian nationalist writer and politician...
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