I VIVIDLY remember my maiden trip to Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2004. Arriving as a Member of our Parliament’s Lower House and coming from the tropical heat of Malaysia, I was utterly shocked to find ...

Official salaries for world leaders range from the modest to the outstandingly generous. Meanwhile, many premiers past and present boasted outrageous wealth before they bagged the top job, while ...

1 killed, 2 injured in knife attack at Nagano Station; suspect at large SUMO/ Hoshoryu seizes 2nd career title, to be promoted to 74th yokozuna SUMO/ Happy Hoshoryu anxiously awaits for yokozuna ...

On January 30, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev paid tribute to Uzbekistanʼs First President, Islam Karimov, by laying a wreath at his monument in Tashkent. The solemn ceremony gathered representatives of ...

Runners-up included Albanian drug lord Naser Kelmendi, President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “2012 was a banner year for those of us who cover organized crime and ...