By Carly Brant & Sean Kearin Central Asia A Chinese government regulatory agency has issued draft guidelines for the ...

Afghanistan’s trade remained resilient in 2025 despite repeated closures of key border crossings with Pakistan, commerce ministry data showed, as exporters and importers increasingly relied on ...

The region needs to overcome four key structural challenges: lack of access to the sea, low level of development of the financial sector, lack of water and energy coordination, and climate change. The ...

Rising repayment pressures are narrowing fiscal space and testing the sustainability of the region’s development model.

Central Asia and the Caucasus saw solid growth, new transport corridors and multi-vector diplomacy in 2025, even as conflicts ...

Over 10 weeks, RFE/RL hosted discussions on Twitter Spaces on various issues that affect daily life in Central Asia. We looked at global issues -- from the COVID-19 pandemic to the war in Ukraine and ...

Donald Trump’s renewed focus on critical minerals has returned Central Asia to the U.S. strategic agenda, highlighted by a ...

On Friday local time, Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan. As the last stop of President Xi's Central Asia tour, Tajikistan ...

With vast open landscapes, high altitudes, and almost zero light pollution, Central Asia is emerging as one of the most breathtaking places on the planet to experience the night sky.

London-listed Central Asia Metals has reported “excellent” production results at its Kounrad dump-leach, solvent extraction-electrowinning copper operation, in Kazakhstan, for the fourth quarter of ...