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.
Pakistan has reopened a border crossing that had been closed for almost two weeks after Afghan protesters burned the Pakistani flag at a rally nearby.
Iranian state media reports say a retired Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) general has been killed while battling against Islamic militants in northern Syria.
Bangladesh's top court has rejected a final appeal by the leader of an Islamist party against a death sentence for atrocities committed during the country's 1971 war for independence from Pakistan.
Kyrgyzstan's government says a suicide car bomber has attacked China's embassy in Bishkek -- killing himself and wounding three embassy employees.
Indian authorities lifted a 52-day-long curfew in Kashmir on August 29, but reimposed it hours later in most of Srinagar, the region's main city, after anti-India protests and clashes erupted in several neighborhoods.
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