Kyrgyzstan

At least 81 people were killed in clashes between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan this week, in the worst violence the countries have seen in years, while the international community called for calm. The situation on the contested border between…

The Central Asian republics of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan traded new accusations Saturday over a ceasefire breach at their border, where deadly clashes broke out a day earlier despite a ceasefire. Border disputes have dogged the ex-Soviet…

Last Updated: July 24, 2022, 15:45 ISTMembers of the Russian Folk Dance Ensemble of Adygea performed during the World Nomads Fashion festival Issyk-Kul 2022. (Photo: AP)The show also offered the visitors to take a glance at wooden framed…

<!-- -->The tourists were in Kyrgyzstan's Tian Shen mountains where the avalanche struck.A group of British and American tourists survived an avalanche in Kyrgyzstan's Tian Shen mountains. The snow swept over them, according to a…

Researchers believe they may have found ground zero for the deadliest plague in human history, the Black Death — pulling the veil off a mystery that has been shrouded for nearly 700 years. A paper published in Nature on Wednesday…

The Black Death is regarded as the deadliest plague in human history. But despite years of research, its geographic and chronological origin has largely remained a mystery.Now, a new study of ancient DNA from bubonic plague victims claims…

<!-- -->Kara Jorgo is Kyrgyzstan's national danceIn the country of Kyrgyzstan there is a traditional dance called Kara Jorgo which is also the country's national dance. The interesting thing about this dance is that it is used to…

Kazakhstan cut off Bitcoin miners from its electricity supply a day before parts of the country were hit by blackouts. Kazakhstan cut off Bitcoin miners from its electricity…

Millions of people were left without power after a huge blackout hit three Central Asian countries Tuesday following an unspecified accident, officials in the ex-Soviet region said. The capitals of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan as well as…

Officials in Uzbekistan said that the major power outage happened due to a problem in Kazakhstan's power grid (Image: Shutterstock)The Uzbek officials told news agency AFP that the power cut was due to an accident in Kazakhstan's power…