Uzbekistan is planning to privatise its oil and gas firm, Uzbekneftegaz (UNG), by 2024 as part of a strategy to boost gas output, Reuters reported citing the nation’s energy ministry on Friday. The move would …
Amid talk of an American military troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country’s envoy on Thursday said the US is not “cutting and running” from its longest war and that women will continue to have …
Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Nearly two dozen countries have called on China to halt its mass detention of ethnic Uighurs in the Xinjiang region, the first such joint move on the issue at …
Dozens of people have rallied in Almaty demanding immediate release from house arrest of the leader of a group that raised concerns over the internment of ethnic Kazakhs in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region. The …
More than 20 countries have called on China to halt its mass detention of ethnic minority Uighurs in the country’s Xinjiang region in the first such joint move on the issue at the United …
Next EU-Central Asia Ministerial Meeting to be held in 2020 in Brussels The Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan, as …
Hekmatyar says transparent elections will help the country to get out of the current crisis. The reconciled leader of Hizb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, at a press conference in Kabul on Sunday cautiously reacted to …
Taliban spokesman says latest round of negotiations in Doha has resulted in completion of ’80-90 percent’ of agreement. The most recent round of talks between the US and the Taliban began in Doha on …
The talks are taking place before a peace conference on Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar on Sunday. There are around 14,000 US troops still in Afghanistan, according to a senior US official [File: Massoud Hossaini/AP …
A researcher’s review of government documents finds evidence of coercive internment, police presence and political brainwashing The findings refute China’s claims of ‘vocational education and training centres’ by quoting government reports not intended for …