The aid suspension marks a sharp break with decades of U.S. foreign policy. Historically, the U.S. has been the world's ...

Home to some 50 million people and vast natural resources, Central Asia occupies a strategically important neighborhood: China lies to the East, Russia to the North, and Afghanistan to the South. The ...

China's strategic relationship with Central Asia has grown expansively over the past decade, symbolized by both the 1996 founding of the "Shanghai Five," which in June 2001 became the Shanghai ...

But in term of mainstream press coverage, Central Asian has been off the map. Central Asia, while probably in the news about 100-120 years ago, has only been in the news because of 9/11 and the ...

The cannabis traces found at Jirzankal Cemetery in the Pamir Mountains had unusually high concentrations of THC.

We also heard Dastan Kasmamytov, a gay activist from Kyrgyzstan, talk about his campaign to increase the visibility of queer people in Central Asia by raising a rainbow flag on the world’s ...

The World Bank Group recently marked the 20th anniversary of its engagement in Central Asia. Over this period, the Bank has supported the efforts of the countries to improve the living standards of ...

The UNHCR Representation to Central Asia is based in Almaty, managing UNHCR activities across the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the ...

New finds in Central Asia, however, have led to many observers predicting the region will enjoy the ... This was followed by the first discovery of oil in the area to the west of the Aral Sea – an ...

The Europe and Central Asia region experiences a variety of natural hazards ... floods and earthquakes in the last three decades alone – causing a total of 50,000 fatalities, affecting nearly 25 ...