At dusk on Christmas day, 1991, the iconic hammer-and-sickle flag of the erstwhile ... Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin ...

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - At least five prisoners were killed and three employees were injured in a riot spurred by an attempted escape from a prison in the Tajikistan city of Vahdat, two sources in the ...

Local patronage networks that provide economic and social resources for cities and villages are found across Central Asia.

A prison riot in Tajikistan resulted in the deaths of five Islamic State-linked prisoners after they attacked guards with knives ...

Former England striker Peter Crouch was one of the regular partners who helped Odemwingie "fall in love" with golf during his time at Stoke City Born in Tashkent - then in the Soviet Union but now ...

Born in Tashkent - then in the Soviet Union but now capital of Uzbekistan - to a Nigerian father ... "One of my dreams is to see a Nigerian flag on the European Tour or PGA Tour.

On his third day in office, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to tighten sanctions on Russia if it does not move toward a peace deal with Ukraine. Here’s how the Kremlin responded, and what ...

Islamic practices in Uzbekistan, after enduring seven decades of Soviet-imposed atheism, are now being increasingly adopted by the younger generation. In recent years, Jakarta has supercharged ...

Islamic practices in Uzbekistan, after enduring seven decades of Soviet-imposed atheism, are now being increasingly adopted by the younger generation. In recent years, Jakarta has supercharged ...

Havana's Jose Marti International Airport is a hub for Cuba's airlines, Cubana de Aviación (Cuba's flag carrier) and Aerogaviota (a regional carrier). During Soviet times, it was also a hub for ...