Kyrgyzstan’s president-elect Amazbexk Atambayev has declared that the United States must shut down its base in the central Asian country when the lease expires in 2014.
At least 13 people were killed and 86 were wounded in Uzbekistan Wednesday when a 6.2 quake struck on the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border, the Uzbek emergency service said in a statement.
The European Union has banned all Afghan airlines from flying in the 27-nation bloc due to the poor safety record of the country’s civil aviation oversight system.
Political change is afoot in the region this week...In North Korea, the first public appearance of likely new leader Kim Jong-un; Kyrgystan forms a coalition government; and political reform may ...
Armed rebels killed at least 25 soldiers and injured 20 in Tajikistan on Sunday. The defence ministry says the gunmen are thought to be Islamist rebels from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Chechnya.
Kyrgyzstan’s former Foreign Minister Rosa Otunbayeva was sworn in as president on Saturday, becoming the first woman president in ex-Soviet central Asia.
Kryrgyzstan's interim government is to hold a referendum on a new constitution on Sunday, just weeks after ethnic clashes left hundreds of people dead.
