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Friday, May 29, 2015 - 05:28
Lawmakers in Turkmenistan are considering constitutional changes that would remove the 70-year age limit at which a president can serve. Such changes would open the door for authoritarian President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, 57, to be president for life.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 05:35
A top Tajik police commander who has been missing for weeks has reappeared on the Internet, claiming that he has joined the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 06:35
A "high-level" operative of Al-Qaeda who fought against U.S. military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan pleaded guilty on May 26 to conspiring to kill Americans overseas.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 06:32
"The enemies of our enemies are our friends," says Afghan historian Habibullah Rafa, speaking simply. "So Ukraine is our friend."
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 06:16
Kazakhstan has put the brakes on proposed antigay legislation that threatened to derail its dream of hosting the Winter Olympics.
Friday, May 22, 2015 - 05:36
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Kyrgyz lawmakers to reject a bill requiring domestic NGOs that receive foreign funding and engage in "political activities" to register as "foreign agents."
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 07:19
Russian says the country's land forces will join troops from Belarus, China, India, and Mongolia in a series of joint military training exercises during the second half of this year. The statement said the drills will focus on peacekeeping and antiterrorist activities.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 07:10
An ethnic Uzbek militant group has posted a video showing its members fighting alongside Syrian Sunni Islamist factions in the northwestern Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour in Idlib Province.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 06:50
The latest draft of the Eastern Partnership declaration prepared for the bloc's Riga summit next month contains little good news for EU hopefuls Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, and highlights the shrinking ambitions of the European Union in its eastern neighborhood.
Monday, April 13, 2015 - 07:13
Uzbekistan is taking "necessary measures" to counter the threat of the Islamic State (IS) militant group to domestic security, and would cooperate with Russia in the event of any mobilization by IS on Uzbek soil, Tashkent-based political analyst Rafik Saifullin says.