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Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 06:51
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has sought to reassure Tajikistan, an Afghan neighbor concerned about the spread of Islamist militancy, that Washington remains committed to Central Asia nation's security.
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 07:15
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry mixed courtship of Central Asian nations with efforts to prod their authoritarian governments on democracy and human rights during a visit to the strategic, mostly Muslim region neighboring Afghanistan.
Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 06:50
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to call on authorities of the five Central Asian republics to halt their crackdown on the press.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 06:44
Russia initiated its campaign of air strikes in Syria primarily to prevent militants fighting with Islamic State (IS) from returning to their home countries in the former Soviet Union, says the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 05:27
Hundreds of protesters have rallied in Tbilisi against the Georgian government's alleged attempts to silence the country's biggest and most popular television channel, raising fears of a political crisis.
Friday, October 23, 2015 - 06:30
Hundreds of protesters rallied in Tbilisi October 22 against the Georgian government's alleged attempts to silence the country's biggest and most popular television channel, raising fears of a political crisis.
Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 06:44
A court has shut down one of Kazakhstan's very few independent publications, known for its criticism of government policies.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 06:54
Amid rising insecurity in northern Afghanistan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) could create a joint task force to protect the grouping's external borders.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 06:48
Authorities in Azerbaijan have arrested seven security officials accusing them of abuse of power.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 06:39
The Turkmen Foreign Ministry's sharp response to comments made by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev about a tense situation along the Turkmen-Afghan border was as surprising as it was unfounded. The situation in northwestern Afghanistan, just across the border with Turkmenistan, is bad and that cannot be denied.