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.
Turkmen authorities have ordered public-sector workers to enroll their children in state kindergartens that were left almost empty after a fee increase.
Iran has amended its tough drug laws to eliminate the death penalty for some drug offenses.
Thousands of people spent a second night in makeshift tents or out in the open as authorities downplayed hope for finding more survivors of a powerful earthquake near the Iran-Iraq border that killed hundreds of people.
Rescue workers and desperate relatives dug through debris in a search for survivors after a powerful earthquake near the Iran-Iraq border killed more than 340 people in both countries.
A sister of New York City terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov has told RFE/RL from their native Uzbekistan that her family believes the 29-year-old was "brainwashed" and has pleaded with U.S. authorities to give him "time" and a "fair trial."
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