By Bruce Pannier The Kyrgyz Republic’s “Tulip” or “People’s” Revolution – the 20 anniversary of which falls on March 24 – is ...

By Clare Nuttall in Almaty In the changing world order, Kazakhstan continues to pursue the multi-vector foreign policy that has served it well for the last three decades. But while Astana balances its ...

New rules have been handed down to women working in Ashgabat further restricting what they can wear, adding to a growing list ...

Recent years have seen an improvement in relations between the five former Soviet republics in Central Asia -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. One by one, they have ...

Since Soviet times, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are supposed to receive some electricity from their regional neighbours Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in exchange for a share of their ...

The US authorities denied entry to Pakistan’s ambassador to Turkmenistan and deported him from Los Angeles, a media report said on Tuesday. Ambassador K K Wagan, who holds a valid US visa and ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ambassador to Turkmenistan KK Wagan was denied entry to the United States as authorities deported him from Los Angeles in a rare incident, The News reported on Tuesday ...

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Public Domain The 1947 Truman Doctrine was crucial for Greece to be able to avoid falling into the sphere of Soviet influence while the country was ravaged by the Civil War (1946-1949). With the ...

One smart city that has been completed recently is Arkadag in Turkmenistan, Central Asia. It is the new regional capital of the Ahal province in the southern part of the country, located near the ...

Soviet chess world champion Boris Spassky has died at age 88. It was announced by the Russian Chess Federation that regretted the event as a “great loss for Russia”. Spassky held the title of ...