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More Nazarbaev Relatives Lose Posts After Kazakhstan Unrest
januari 18, 2022by
NUR-SULTAN — Two more close relatives of Nursultan Nazarbaev have lost their posts in the latest indication that the Kazakh government was moving to purge or...
Kyrgyz Customs Chief Detained On Suspicion Of Corruption
januari 18, 2022by
BISHKEK — The head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Customs Service, Adilet Kubanychbekov, has been arrested on accusations of corruption. The State Committee for...
Kazakh Journalist Missing Since Deadly Unrest, Police Visit
januari 18, 2022by
ALMATY, Kazakhstan — The wife of noted Kazakh journalist Makhambet Abzhan says he disappeared a week ago amid the unprecedented political turmoil in the Central...
Crisis In Kazakhstan Pushes China, Russia Closer Together
januari 18, 2022by
As China and Russia have grown closer in recent years through a deepening political partnership, the two countries’ sometimes competing interests in Central Asia...
Autocracies more trusted than democracies study
januari 18, 2022by
Public confidence in democratic governments has fallen amid the pandemic In a study published this week, the Edelman Trust Barometer, a communications group that has...
China blames overseas deliveries for Omicron outbreak
januari 18, 2022by
Mail from Canada has been declared a suspected source of an Omicron infection case in Beijing by the Chinese authorities Covid-19 infections are typically associated...
Cambodia launches new visiting circuit at famed Bayon temple in Angkor
januari 18, 2022by
PHNOM PENH, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — Cambodia’s APSARA National Authority (ANA) has launched a new visiting circuit at Bayon temple in the Angkor Archeological...
No heads of state from Central Asian countries on Republic Day
januari 18, 2022by
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): Due to the surge in cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron globally, including India, no heads of state of Central Asian...
Chhetri, teammates join in voicing support to AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 contenders
januari 18, 2022by
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 18 (ANI): Indian men’s national team captain Sunil Chhetri and other notable footballers in the country have joined forces to...
Xinhua world news summary at 0930 GMT, Jan. 18
januari 18, 2022by
QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan — The death toll from a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Afghanistan’s western province of Badghis has risen to 22, a provincial official...