Tashkent

Cavusoglu: Russia-Ukraine conflict exposed fragility of food supply chain

Speaking at a trilateral meeting with his Uzbek and Azerbaijani counterparts, Türkiye's foreign minister said the conflict "revealed the fragility of the global system on food and energy security."

Uzbekistan: Over a dozen killed, hundreds wounded in Karakalpakstan unrest

The state prosecutor said that at least 18 people were killed and 243 others wounded during last week's unrest in the autonomous Karakalpakstan region after protests erupted over planned constitutional changes affecting the territory's status.

Power returns to Central Asia after large-scale blackout

Electricity has been restored to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan after a massive blackout in the region left millions of people without power.

‘There is no monument to al Khwarizmi in Silicon Valley’

Muhammad ibn Musa al Khwarizmi, ninth century Uzbek polymath and the father of the algorithm which pervades today’s world, is commemorated with an exhibition in Tashkent.

What’s Russia’s strategy in Afghanistan?

As US withdrawal nears and the Taliban makes sweeping territorial gains, Russia’s security presence in Central Asia and diplomatic involvement in Afghanistan is rapidly growing.

Turkey and Uzbekistan agree to further strengthen bilateral relations

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced at a joint press conference with his Uzbekistani counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov signing a memorandum that seeks to increase trade between the two countries.

Will God 'punish us' if we don't make Russian an official language?

Russian interference in Uzbekistan has led for a push to adopt Russian as an official language, but the move is having the opposite effect.

Uzbekistan holds polls under pro-reform leader

The election is the first in the nation of 33 million since Mirziyoyev took power in late 2016 following the death of strongman Islam Karimov, who had run the former Soviet republic as a police state for 27 years.

The rise of Pakistan's Imran Khan in India-administered Kashmir

India's move to integrate Jammu and Kashmir into the central state has inadvertently led to a rise in the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's popularity among Kashmiris.

Top Kashmiri leader asks Pakistan to withdraw from peace pacts with India

Syed Ali Shah Geelani urges Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to respond to India's "annexation" of disputed Kashmir by dissolving Tashkent, Shimla and Lahore agreements, and "re-designation" of de facto border to "ceasefire line."

The Turkic world is on the edge of a historic revival

The Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States is ready to welcome Uzbekistan as a new member while Turkmenistan expects to become an observer state.

Can Uzbekistan's new leader reform the country?

If the Uzbek president wants genuine reform of religious freedoms in the country, he faces a steep uphill battle.