Since the early 2000s, state-aligned media and institutions have often portrayed Baku as the “jazz capital” of the former ...

As the price of gold has hovered around $4,000 an ounce in recent weeks, the men in the small-scale mines north of the village of Soykechar in Uzbekistan have watched every bounce and slide. They pull ...

Rosatom employees work on the Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey in June 2026. Given its recently announced money woes, ...

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev speaks at the Shusha Global Forum on July 13 where he pronounced Azerbaijani-Russian ...

Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan are planning to build a joint logistics hub in the vicinity of the port. (Photo: gov.az) Azerbaijan is working hard this summer to buil ...

That vacuum matters enormously for Asian economies that have spent the last several years searching for trade routes that do ...

In order to avoid the duplication of infrastructure projects, the Central Asian republics should adopt a regional strategy ...

Tokayev speaks at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 17. (Photo: akorda.kz) Speaking at a ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan hold copies of a framework agreement ...

Central Asian states are tilting towards Beijing amid intensifying competition between United States and China for ...

China has emerged as a potential supplier. The PRC has agreed to supply 3,000 tons of jet fuel, while negotiations are ...

Monitor: June 26 - July 2, 2026. China-Central Asia Jul 7, 2026. Chinese conglomerate secures multi-billion green-energy deal ...