TASHKENT (Reuters) - A military court in Uzbekistan sentenced 10 defendants to lengthy prison terms for the attempted murder of the former presidential press secretary, the country's supreme court ...

Alisher Qodirov’s outspoken criticism of Russian chauvinism and the Soviet legacy marks a significant shift in Uzbekistan’s political discourse, sending a clear message to Moscow. On September 27, ...

Quick on the heels of Uzbekistan’s constitutional referendum, President Shavkat Mirzoyoyev announced on May 8 that the country would hold an early presidential election on July 9. Mirziyoyev, in his ...

Uzbek Muslims held mass prayers for rain Friday as the Central Asian country suffers severe droughts associated with climate ...

Viktor Pak, of Korean descent, doesn't remember his parents well — they passed away when he was just two months old. His family story is rooted in a difficult past. In the 1930s, during Stalin's mass ...

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed on Sunday forming a regional co-operation organisation he called the "Community of Central Asia", in what he said was a bid to promote economic integration ...

An estimated 55,000 people in the United States identified as Uzbek in 2023, according to estimates published by the U.S. Census Bureau. 1 Uzbek Americans are the 18th-largest Asian origin population ...

TASHKENT, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Friday met with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China ...

Murod Rajabov, a renowned Uzbek actor and director, left an indelible mark on the film industry of Uzbekistan. His performances managed to touch people’s hearts. In 2008, he was awarded the title of ...

The Supreme Court of Uzbekistan has exonerated posthumously 198 individuals convicted by the Soviet regime in the 1920s-1930s for "counter-revolutionary actions, armed uprisings, terrorism, banditry ...

Ten years ago, on a day that changed his life forever, Ahror Rahmedov went to a wedding in Tashkent, the Uzbekistan city where he was a medical student. Someone fired a rocket gun to celebrate the ...