Despite speculation, Russia’s depleted military, logistical limits, and diplomatic priorities make a Central Asia invasion ...

Local authorities in Osh, Kyrgyzstan’s second city, said Lenin’s removal was for purely aesthetic reasons; they would ...

Experts monitoring the Taliban’s new diplomacy push in Asia say China could follow suit, paving the way for wider recognition ...

Beijing focuses on development as it avoids challenging Moscow as Central Asia's dominant power and security guarantor, analysts say At a high-level summit this week, China and its Central Asian ...

Russia has formally recognized the Taliban government in Afghanistan, a significant shift driven by security concerns and ...

Russia on Thursday officially recognized the Taliban government as Afghanistan's rightful government, the first country to do ...

After ethnic Azeri suspects died during apparently violent raids in a Russian city, Baku has lashed out at Moscow.

MOSCOW/BAKU - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday urged Azerbaijan to restore its ties with Moscow to a level befitting ...

In a remote town in southern Kyrgyzstan, teacher Nur Akhmatov watched workers building a library, conference hall and women's ...

Major General Mikhail Gudkov, deputy head of the Russian Navy and a former commander of a marine brigade fighting against ...

MOSCOW: Lynne Tracy, the US ambassador to Russia, is leaving Moscow, her embassy said on Friday (Jun 27), noting she had ...