On October 8, the presidents of five Central Asian states and Azerbaijan gathered in Avaza, on Turkmenistan's Caspian coast, ...

In Moscow, before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Joe Luc Barnes met residents who distrusted their government but ...

Twenty-year-old Ainabek Keldibek went to Russia expecting to work as a security guard. Relatives of other young Kazakh men ...

The leaders of Central Asia and Azerbaijan met in Turkmenistan on October 8, with expanding trade between their countries ...

Archaeologists at Kazakhstan's Kalzhyr settlement have uncovered a fire-damaged fortress and rare ceramic bird figurine dating to the early Turkic period.

A German spy scandal involving alleged Azerbaijani links draws attention to espionage cases, secret trials, and diplomatic ...

Uzbekistan has approved a plan to develop nine caves and a salt mine for tourism. The program announced by the Tourism Committee on October 5 covers development work through 2028 at sites in Jizzakh, ...

Tajikistan says a visa-free regime with Iran has been fully implemented, allowing citizens of each country to travel more ...

Following repeated disruptions to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) system, Kazakhstan’s leading oil producers are examining a much larger Trans-Caspian export route. A working group representing ...

Central Asian athletes won 186 medals at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan, with Uzbekistan finishing fifth overall and ...

October, C5+1 will meet again in Samarkand, where its first ministerial was held in November 2015. The regional actor it was ...

Kazakhstan and Oman are considering a new trade corridor through Omani ports to the Indian Ocean as investment ties between ...