The Latest Breaking News from Central Asia

French President Emmanuel Macron visited Uzbekistan on Thursday after a trip to Kazakhstan – part of a two-day tour to boost France's footprint in Central Asia, secure raw materials and counter China's growing influence in the region.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in uranium-rich Kazakhstan on Wednesday on the first leg of a trip to Central Asia, a region long regarded as Russia's backyard that has drawn fresh Western attention since the war in Ukraine began. His main aim: securing raw materials and possibly a lucrative contract…

Tracking evidence of this most elusive of big cats in the untouched mountains of Central Asia is a perspective-altering volunteerism trip, finds Clodagh Kinsella

Fifteen years ago this month, while all eyes were set on Beijing for the opening of the 29th Olympic Games of the modern era, war broke out between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia. Officially part of Georgia since the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, it…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will hold bilateral meetings in the coming days with the leaders of Turkey, Serbia, Qatar and a host of Central Asian nations, a sign of the European country’s continuing drift toward the Eastern sphere of influence

TASHKENT - Uzbekistan held a presidential election on Sunday that looked set to hand incumbent Shavkat Mirziyoyev a third term as head of the gas-rich Central Asian state.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan's authoritarian leader launched an "unprecedented" anti-smoking crusade on Thursday, ordering the Central Asia country to rid itself completely of tobacco within two years.

Once these routes are operational, IndiGo will be connecting a total of 32 international destinations compared to 26 currently.

A multi-vectored foreign policy as far as the Central Asian nations are concerned should be viewed as the only optimum solution for a lasting peace in the region