Uzbekistan's cabinet says President Islam Karimov is in critical condition after having a stroke, while Reuters quotes three unnamed diplomatic sources as saying that Karimov has died.
Uzbekistan's cabinet issued a statement on September 2 saying President Islam Karimov is in critical condition after having a stroke.
Despite a series of rumored illnesses in the past and his advanced age, the news that Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov was suddenly hospitalized after suffering what his daughter said was a brain hemorrhage was a shock to people in Uzbekistan and further afield.
An Uzbek state TV anchor has read out an Independence Day address traditionally delivered by President Islam Karimov, who has been in hospital following a stroke that has launched conjecture about possible successors. The news follows earlier social media posts by Karimov's younger daughter, suggesting her 78-year-old father was still alive.
The fate of Uzbek President Islam Karimov remained uncertain on August 30, with no official word on his condition two days after the government announced he had been hospitalized for an undisclosed ailment.
After courting Islamabad for nearly 15 years, Washington is turning to India to help shore up Kabul through diplomatic engagement and military aid.
Analysts warn that creation of a Tehran-backed transnational Shi’ite army will further fan sectarian tensions in Muslim-majority nations of the Middle East.
In the mid-1990s, Aygul attended one of the hundreds of "Gulen schools" that were established throughout Turkey by the unregistered network of Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen. But after a while, Aygul's parents started to see changes in her behavior.
Uzbekistan is on edge after learning that Uzbek President Islam Karimov has been hospitalized after suffering what his younger daughter says was a cerebral hemorrhage. Who would, or could, replace the only leader the country has had since it became independent in the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991?
Central Asia, overall, did surprisingly well in these recent summer games in Rio de Janeiro.
The death of a 12-year-old Afghan girl in Iran has prompted that country's health minister to publicly defend a national ban on organ transplants for foreigners that some were initially blaming for the tragedy.
Journalists in Iran are sounding the alarm over a government-drafted media regulation bill that is expected to be sent to the parliament for approval soon, after a two-year delay.
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