When Maria Zadneprovskaya first saw the Aral Sea in 2021, she was overcome by a raw, deep sadness. "It felt like a real catastrophe," says the environmental expert, walking across the dried seabed, ...

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Learn more about what the Central Asia platform – uniting Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – has achieved and where it’s headed, since its establishment in 2023.

The impacts of the Russia-Ukraine conflict have stretched well beyond Europe, shifting global alliances and influencing regions like Central Asia in complex ways. Caught between longstanding ties to ...

In the four years since President Sadyr Japarov and his allies took power, Kyrgyzstan's reputation as a democratic outlier in authoritarian Central Asia has been dealt one blow after another ...

Not only is this Kyrgyz city famed for its cultural diversity, it’s also the adventure capital of Central Asia. Malaysia is often overshadowed by its glitzier neighbor Singapore, but as the ...

“We had to find a map and see: ‘Where is Indonesia?’” recalled Kare Wanscher, the 55-year-old drummer. “You know, none of us had ever been to Asia before. We were young kids and it was ...

AND THEN AS WE GET INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY, THAT ENERGY IS GOING TO ARRIVE RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. AND WITH IT, I THINK WE’LL GET SOME GUSTY WINDS. WE’LL GET SOME BRIEF ...

The unrest and uncertainty following the elections in Georgia threaten not only to further distance the country from its EU accession, but also to destabilize the entire South Caucasus, a region ...

Laborers carry coal. Experts say getting coal plants to shut down earlier than planned will break contracts and require a lot of money. (File Photo: AP/Anupam Nath) New: You can now listen to ...

WASHINGTON -- As Asia awaits the return of Donald Trump to the White House next January, U.S. allies across the region are racing to get up to speed with his new administration picks -- and where ...

China has released an updated map for a southern city ... cover Scarborough Shoal and Macclesfield Bank. According to the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, the establishment of Paracel ...