Last week we discussed the possibility of Iran shifting its capital to Makran coast in the south, to boost its maritime trade. Iran's Chabahar Port Project (CPP) on Makran coast is around 180 km west ...

DUSHANBE. Feb 6 (Interfax) - Tajikistan ramped up aluminum production 24% year-on-year to 86,000 tonnes in 2024, Industry and New Technologies Minister Sherali Kabir said at a press conference in ...

Gold production increased by 18.8% in 2024, Kabir said. Production of antimony and silver gained 23% and 45% respectively. Record high growth of copper production took place in Tajikistan, the ...

Russia assists the migration of workers from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan – but some workers are then forced to ...

Without guarantees that observers would be accredited, and an apparent lack of engagement by Dushanbe, the OSCE has chosen to ...

Russia is continuing remediation of former uranium mining sites in central Asia with a new project in Tajikistan. Central ...

The Rogun Dam in Tajikistan, set to be the world's tallest, could reshape Central Asia’s energy landscape. And with the Ukraine war shifting geopolitics in the region, Tajikistan is gaining ...

At the age of 20, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini inherited the reins of a Shia Muslim lineage and used his entrepreneurship to ...

Hussaini, the Aga Khan IV and 49th hereditary imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and a renowned philanthropist, has died at 88.

At least five prisoners were killed after launching an attack on guards in a Tajikistan prison. IS-affiliated inmates ...

The lives of Central Asian migrant laborers in Russia have become much worse since the terrorist attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall on March 22, 2024, that ...

At least five prisoners who supported Islamic State were killed after attacking guards with knives and trying to break out of a jail in Tajikistan, a law enforcement source said.