Uzbekistan Census Image: TCA, Stephen M. Bland Uzbekistan’s first full census since the Soviet era has found more than 810,000 people who were missing from the country’s running estimates, shifting the baseline for schools, …
Source: IRNA Central Asian delegations have traveled to Iran for the funeral of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike on Feb. 28, the first day of U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran. The gesture reflects how Central Asia countries want to preserve and expand longstanding ties with Iran, …
Image: TCA, Stephen M. Bland Kyrgyzstan has asked Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to help secure its fuel supplies as shortages inside Russia put new strain on Central Asia’s fuel market. The move follows …
Image: president.uz Uzbekistan and the United States announced a new package of trade commitments on June 25. Moody’s raised Uzbekistan’s sovereign rating by one notch the same day. The two decisions strengthen Tashkent’s case that economic …
Prime Minister Uchral Nyam-Osor met with Premier of China Li Qiang on the sidelines of the Summer Davos Forum in Dalian on June 23, Montsame reported. The two sides discussed advancing cooperation in trade, …
Minister of Defense of Mongolia Batlut Damba held official talks with Minister of National Defense of Türkiye Yaşar Güler during an official visit to Türkiye, Montsame reported. The Ministers first met in a narrow …
Few developments since the Taliban’s return to power have been as surprising as India’s gradual re-emergence in Afghanistan. In 2021, most observers assumed Islamabad would be the principal beneficiary of the new political order in Kabul. …
Central Asia’s water crisis is usually discussed as a problem of rivers, reservoirs, and diplomacy. But in 2026, the Amu Darya is also becoming something else: a test of state adaptation. The river basin …
Complaints from residents of Turkmenistan’s Mary Region over widespread power outages have led to inspections and the dismissal of several local officials, but electricity disruptions continue, Turkmen.news reported. The outages began in mid-June during extreme heat, …
Image: enlargement.ec.europa.eu The European Commission launched a Connectivity Agenda Platform on June 23, 2026, and concluded statements of intent with international financial institutions expected to mobilize up to €2 billion ($2.3 billion) for transport, border-crossing and …
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