Top official responds to desperate appeal from climber Natalia Nagovitsyna’s son who believes she is still alive.
Italian mountaineer perishes in effort to reach Natalia Nagovitsyna, who lost her husband in a 2021 climbing tragedy.
An increasing amount of time and resources is being devoted to averting a crisis.
By 2050, more than 1.6bn people, including almost 20% of the African population, will be exposed to severe and extreme droughts, if a pessimistic scenario plays out, according to a report by INFORM Climate Change.
Small Central Asian country appears to have become important to Moscow for sanctions-dodging re-exports and financial flows.
Iran's First Vice President arrives in Kyrgyzstan for Eurasian Economic Union summit as Islamic Republic expands regional economic partnerships through observer membership.
Development a serious blow to Russian prestige.
Kazakhstan is the leader in “meaningful connectivity.”
Small country also building ski resort, rail and hydropower megaprojects.
Pleas of guilty and partly guilty entered by four accused. Fifteen alleged accomplices will also be tried in mainly closed-door hearing.
Are sanctions-busters scouting out a new hub?
Country bubbling ahead with GDP expansion running at almost 12%, but wrong kind of growth could mean the lid blowing off.
Matters could get worse. Tajikistan has advised it plans to reduce power exports to Afghanistan this winter.
At same time imposes state control on all international internet traffic.
Proposed corridor linking Azerbaijan’s main territory with its Nakhchivan exclave across Armenia could slash transit times from Asia to Europe along the Middle Corridor but faces fierce opposition from Yerevan.
Corridor connects Wuhan in central China to Tashkent. With realisation of the “CKU” railroad years away, operators will hope for brisk business.
Suspect in custody allegedly radicalised at Islamic school in Turkey. Development is disturbing for authorities.
$9.3bn reportedly moved over four months.
Three countries agree to prepare feasibility study. Russia too would benefit from infrastructure linking Central Asia to Arabian Sea coast.
Moscow has even considered asking Kazakhstan to run some of its domestic flight connections.