Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has proposed to parliament a mass amnesty law that would release more than 12,000 convicts.
A leading member of a banned opposition party in Tajikistan jailed for purportedly showing support for the extremist Islamic State (IS) group in his town has reportedly died in jail.
Iranian security forces claim they have killed three purported Sunni militants in western Iran.
Four police officers and two civilians have been killed by a car bomb in southeastern Turkey.
Residents of the eastern Turkmenistan city of Turkmenabat say local police have been enforcing an 11 p.m. curfew for the past several days without giving any explanation.
An activist says she will continue to bring a banner calling for gender equality in Iran to Olympic events despite being asked to abandon the sign.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is to visit Turkey on August 24 amid tensions between Ankara and Western powers over a massive crackdown on dissent following the country’s abortive coup attempt last month.
Pakistan says that all six crew members of a Pakistani government helicopter taken hostage after it crash-landed in Afghanistan's volatile east have returned to Islamabad following their release by the Taliban.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Ankara wants to buy more natural gas from Iran and that the two sides have discussed pricing issues.
The Samarkand Regional Court in Uzbekistan's southeast has jailed five local residents for intending to join militants of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in Syria.
A Kazakh court has jailed three men for inciting social and religious hatred via their mobile phones.
Nijat Rahimov has won gold for Kazakhstan in weightlifting at the Rio Olympics, but his victory was dogged by doubts about past doping violations.
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