Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have resolved most of their long-standing border issues. Can they hammer out the last of them by year's end?
As Central Asia was transformed under Soviet rule, one man made a remarkable record of life in the fledgling Uzbek S.S.R. before being driven from his career and toward tragedy.
The company ArcelorMittal Temirtau (AMT) has filed a lawsuit against hundreds of striking workers who have been underground since December 11 at coal mines in central Kazakhstan, demanding wage increases.
On this week's Majlis podcast, we look at Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s remarks about an agreement on the legal status of the Caspian Sea finally being close after more than 20 years of talks.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says President Donald Trump remains committed to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, as the backlash continued against the controversial U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Uzbekistan and Afghanistan signed an agreement on December 5 to extend a railroad connecting the two countries in a move which may eventually give Uzbekistan a direct link to sea ports.
Iran has officially opened an extension of its southeastern port of Chabahar, which Tehran hopes will become a key transit hub for land-locked Afghanistan and Central Asia.
A top judiciary official, in a direct attack on the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, has said that Tehran’s ultimate goal is to eliminate that position.
Hotel guests across Uzbekistan should have copies on hand of the Koran, Bible, and other sacred books, say Uzbek officials more accustomed to reining in religious fervor.
Tajikistan considers breaking with decades of discrimination against women by punishing men on both sides of the illegal sex trade -- prostitutes and clients.
Kyrgyz President-elect Sooronbai Jeenbekov has been inaugurated in the capital, Bishkek, in a first peaceful transfer of power in the region.
The mirrored cities of Astara, on Iran's border with Azerbaijan, have been divided since 1828 when the Russian and Persian empires signed a peace treaty to end a two-year war. The Astara River separates the current Iranian and Azerbajani cities.
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