Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has made a cabinet reshuffle after he replaced the prime minister last week.
Pakistan and Russia will hold their first-ever joint military exercises later this year, signaling what may be an emerging realignment in South Asia amid cooling relations between Islamabad and Washington.
Saudi Arabia has launched a Persian-language satellite television channel broadcasting the hajj, following tensions with Iran over the annual pilgrimage.
Thousands of Iranians have marched through the streets of Tehran to protest against Saudi Arabia for failing to accommodate Iranians on the hajj pilgrimage, which starts on September 10.
The top military commander of Syria's rebranded Al-Qaeda offshoot was killed in an air strike that targeted a meeting of the group's leaders, rebel sources said on September 8.
Uzbekistan's parliament has appointed Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyaev as interim president following the death of strongman leader Islam Karimov, setting the long-serving government chief up as the clear favorite to win a five-year term in an election due to held by December.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has accused Saudi authorities of "bigoted extremism" in a war of words over Iran's exclusion from this year's hajj pilgrimage.
Saudi Arabia's top cleric said Iranians are "not Muslims" in response to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's criticism of the Saudis' handling of the hajj pilgrimage.
Tajik authorities are reportedly investigating threats purportedly made by a former Tajik police colonel who joined the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in Syria.
Kyrgyz officials say a member of an international terrorist group has been "liquidated' near Bishkek.
Muhiddin Kabiri, leader of Tajikistan's banned opposition Islamic Renaissance Party (IRPT), has been added to Interpol’s wanted list on Dushanbe's request.
Uzbekistan is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union on September 1 amid public uncertainty about the condition of President Islam Karimov and who is running the country.
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