Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan says 18 killed, hundreds wounded in unrest
World
July 5, 2022
Uzbekistan says 18 killed, hundreds wounded in unrest
Eighteen people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan’s autonomous province of Karakalpakstan last week, Uzbek authorities said…
Uzbekistan to repatriate more citizens from crowded Syrian camps, source says
Middle East
November 28, 2020
Uzbekistan to repatriate more citizens from crowded Syrian camps, source says
TASHKENT (Reuters) – Uzbekistan plans to repatriate another group of its citizens, mostly women and children, from Syria where they…
Dissidents under late Uzbek leader still out in the cold
World
October 7, 2019
Dissidents under late Uzbek leader still out in the cold
Journalist and former prisoner Dilmurod Saidov knows a thing or two about the brutal rule of Uzbekistan’s first leader, the…
Afghanistan neighbors fear refugee crisis if US pulls out
Middle East
January 1, 2019
Afghanistan neighbors fear refugee crisis if US pulls out
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s neighbors, caught off-guard by reports of US plans to withdraw thousands of troops, have begun preparing…
Sisi returns to Cairo from Uzbekistan
Egypt
September 6, 2018
Sisi returns to Cairo from Uzbekistan
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Cairo on Wednesday evening from the Uzbek capital Tashkent, after the end of a…
Five people jailed for robbing Uzbekistan’s Embassy adviser
Egypt
August 10, 2018
Five people jailed for robbing Uzbekistan’s Embassy adviser
The Giza Criminal Court sentenced 5 defendants, including a woman, to lifetime imprisonment on Thursday, for an armed robbery of…
Radicalised Uzbek on trial for Stockholm truck attack
World
February 11, 2018
Radicalised Uzbek on trial for Stockholm truck attack
An Uzbek asylum seeker who confessed to wanting to mow down “infidels” in an April 2017 Stockholm truck attack that…
Istanbul bombing organiser possibly killed in Georgia
Middle East
November 27, 2017
Istanbul bombing organiser possibly killed in Georgia
A Chechen warlord suspected of organizing the 2016 suicide bombing at Istanbul’s airport may be among those killed last week…