Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the ...

For the past few years, the Christmas symbol has been installed in the central part of the capital of Turkmenistan on New Year's Eve, drawing more and more street kids, a sign of the contradictions of ...

OCA President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah delivered a speech as part of the Ashgabat 2017 Closing Ceremony ©Uwimanaclarisse/Twitter Berdimuhamedow was invited to bring the curtain down on Ashgabat ...

This essay is part of a series by American diplomats sharing their impressions of the dramatic early years of Central Asia's independence from the Soviet Union. These memoirs were written at the ...

During the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, the homes of citizens suspected of keeping forbidden religious literature were searched. The authorities fear Islamic extremism, rekindled by the successes ...

The ten-day spectacle, which kicked off September 17, features competitions between 5,000 athletes from over 62 countries, in sports as diverse as Uzbek Kurash wrestling and Viennese Waltz. Though the ...

ASHGABAT -- Small private shops in the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, have been shut down apparently as a measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus although authorities in the tightly controlled ...

Coverage of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games will be broadcast to hundreds of millions of homes worldwide, according to organisers ©Ashgabat 2017 The 12-day event is due to feature 65 ...

Cultural attaches and diplomats from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Azerbaijan were amongst attendees to the opening ceremony of the exhibit at the cultural office of the Islamic ...

A favourite national sport of Turkmenistan, it first featured in the 2013 edition of the Games. However, its popularity has been widely showcased here in Ashgabat with as many as 122 athletes ...

A new survey has named Turkmenistan's capital as the world's most expensive city for international employees, illustrating the stark inequalities in a Central Asian state battered by a long-running ...

The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games promise to be a stellar affair as 65 delegations are set to participate across 21 sports. With the Games being held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, this will be ...