U.S. interest in their country has made Uzbeks' lives unspeakably miserable. And unless something radically unexpectedly takes place, that's likely to continue.
Islam Karimov had little regard for legal niceties, but his ability to keep keep Islamic radicals under control made him a critical figure for governments outside Central Asia.
Uzbekistan's founding president has plenty of atrocities to his name.
Strongman Uzbek leader Islam Karimov is in critical condition, with his health worsening "sharply" days after he suffered a stroke, an official statement said Friday. "Dear compatriots, it is with a very heavy heart that we inform you that yesterday the condition of our president ...
Kept relatively peaceful by a handful of aging authoritarian leaders, the region is a ticking time bomb.
Almaty/Moscow REUTERS, AP Uzbek President Islam Karimov's daughter said Wednesday that her father was recovering from a brain hemorrhage, countering speculation that he had died. In an Instagram message, Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva — the long-standing leader's younger daughter — thanked well-wishers for their support, saying this was helping ...
Strongman Uzbek President Islam Karimov is in intensive care after suffering a brain hemorrhage, his younger daughter wrote on social media Monday. "My father was hospitalized after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage on Saturday morning, and is now receiving treatment in an intensive care unit," Lola ...
An EgyptAir aircraft that made an emergency landing on Wednesday in Uzbekistan following a bomb threat has resumed its flight to Beijing, Egyptian officials said, the latest in a series of deadly or damaging air travel incidents involving Egypt. The officials said no bomb was ...
Documents on Japanese captives sent off to Soviet labor camps after the war are being displayed at a self-funded museum in Tashkent owned by an Uzbek man who spent nearly 20 years building it. "It is part of our history that Japanese people lived in ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday met Uzbekistan's autocratic ruler and officials from other Central Asian states accused of being among the world's worst human rights offenders. But in the talks in the ancient city of Samarkand, he tempered any public criticism as ...
Prime Minster Shinzo Abe's trip to Mongolia and Central Asia — in which he became the first Japanese leader ever to visit Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan — looks to bring in a raft of investment deals for Tokyo. But the whirlwind tour likely had ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to honor postwar Japanese prisoners involved in building what is now a reputed theater in Uzbekistan during a visit to the country later this month, diplomatic sources from two nations said. With this year marking the 70th anniversary of the ...
