The international human rights organization Freedom House called Tajikistan one of the “most repressive” countries in the world in 2023.
In its new report, the...
China and the five states of Central Asia are creating a mechanism to improve responses to natural disasters.
The heads of emergency-response agencies for all...
The president of Tajikistan likes to wrap himself in the robes of Islam.
Literally, in some cases.
In January 2016, Emomali Rahmon performed a pilgrimage to the holy...
Two dozen cheetahs in India’s Kuno National Park are cooling off under water sprinklers to beat the deadly heatwave in the country.
The cheetahs were brought from South Africa and...
The country’s most important archaeological find has been compared to Machu Picchu. Here’s how to see it.
At first glance, it doesn’t look like much,...
In November 2021, the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) issued a new circular about regulations for organising exams in the Vietnamese language...