Central Asia’s presidents, joined by the president of Azerbaijan and the head of the U.N. Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia met for their sixth consultative meeting in August ...

ASTANA – Astana Hub, IT Park Uzbekistan and venture fund Big Sky Capital agreed to launch an international technology hub in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Having arrived in Central Asia to make deals, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni did a lot of name-checking during a policy ...

Persian spread as it was a prestigious and developed language that worked as a lingua franca for trade and administration across much of the eastern Islamic world.

(Bloomberg) -- The worst may soon be over for Asia’s emerging-market currencies, which have come under pressure during the Iran war, as central banks have begun stepping up their support, having ...

Central Asia's critical mineral exports have long tilted toward China and Russia. Kazakhstan, for example, in 2023 sent $3.07 billion in critical minerals to China and $1.8 billion to Russia compared ...

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are taking the lead in the region's efforts to make inroads on the global stage. Untitled (2024–25), by Brazilian artist Marina Perez Simão, in collaboration with Bakhtiyar ...

Central Asia spent 2025 consolidating incumbent political power, achieving steady economic growth and managing external pressures and partnerships. Landmark border agreements, alongside major ...

A general view of the Kalyan ensemble in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, which dates as far back as 1127. Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov. Issued in February by the bipartisan Central Asia Study Group and published by ...

The Joint Plan of Action for Central Asia was adopted at a high-level meeting held on 30 November 2011 by the States of Central Asia. An updated version of the JPoA was adopted on 3 March 2022. It is ...