ASTANA (Reuters) - Uzbekistan has closed its border with central Asian neighbor Kazakhstan to all but citizens of each nation returning home, the ...
Uzbekistan booked their place at the 2011 Asian Cup finals on Wednesday by beating Malaysia 3-1, while Japan crushed Hong Kong 4-0 to ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russia became the sixth U.N. mission in New York to receive a letter containing white powder, police said on Wednesday after an envelope was found at the diplomatic post on Manhattan's Upper East Side overnight. The U.N. missions ...
NYPD: 5th UN mission gets package with suspicious white powder but tests show flour in 3 A fifth foreign mission to the United Nations has received an envelope with a suspicious white powder inside, police say. The mission to the United Kingdom ...
Pohang Steelers of South Korea shocked two-time champions Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia 2-1 to capture the AFC Champions League title on Saturday. With the win, Pohang bagged a berth in the FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates from ...
EU scraps arms embargo against Uzbekistan, last sanction imposed after 2005 crackdown The European Union on Tuesday dropped the last remaining sanctions against Uzbekistan imposed after a 2005 crackdown on an uprising. EU foreign ministers said they ended the arms embargo against ...
From barren Central Asian steppes, a devastated sea is reborn - and along with it hope Standing on the shore under the relentless Central Asian sun, Badarkhan Prikeyev drew on a cigarette and squinted into the distance as one fishing boat after ...
The presidents of five former Soviet states met Friday to view military manoeuvres by a Russia-led security grouping touted as a counterweight to NATO but plagued by internal tensions. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sat sheltered from the early morning cold with the ...
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN - OCTOBER 15: A model walks down the catwalk during the Oscar De La Renta Fashion Show on October 14, 2009 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (Photo by Yves Forestier/Getty Images For Style.UZ) Copyright 2009 Getty Images
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN - OCTOBER 13: Painter Akmal Nur poses with his works during the Akmal Nur Exhibition opening at The Center of National Arts on October 13, 2009 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (Photo by Yves Forestier/Getty Images For Style.UZ) Copyright 2009 Getty Images
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN - OCTOBER 12: A contemporary art installation is exhibited alongside traditional rugs during the opening of the Applied Arts, Design and Fashion Exhibition at the Youth Creativity Palace on October 12, 2009 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (Photo by Yves Forestier/Getty Images ...
New Russia-dominated NATO-style rapid-reaction force kicks off first military exercises Thousands of troops from Russia and four other ex-Soviet nations began military exercises in southern Kazakhstan on Friday, the first of its kind for the newly formed NATO-style rapid-reaction force. Moscow is ...
