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 ...

T HE JAILING of dissenters is nothing new in Uzbekistan, Central Asia’s most populous country, where faulting the president ...

T HE JAILING of dissenters is nothing new in Uzbekistan, Central Asia’s most populous country, where faulting the president can land you in trouble. What is unusual is the recent public outcry after ...

It inaugurated the Congress of World Religions in 2003. At the same time, Uzbekistan was far more restrictive in this regard until the death of its first president, Islam Karimov, in 2016. Considering ...

A widely circulated photo of a young Ulugbek shaking hands with Uzbekistan’s first president, Islam Karimov, offers a poignant illustration of his career’s promising start in this region of the world.

One of New York JFK Airport's most interesting routes in any market, let alone when specifically looking at its non-stop Asian connections, is the corridor to Islam Karimov Tashkent International in ...

The death of Uzbekistan’s long-time President Islam Karimov in 2016 opened a door that had been closed. One of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s first acts as president following his ascension to the ...

A small number of ethnic Albanian Christian activists, all converts from Islam, are urging their ethnic kin to look to the church as an expression of their identity. They call it the “return ...

Weekly direct flights connect Ras Al Khaimah and Tashkent The new non-stop service connects Ras Al Khaimah International Airport to Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport with weekly flights ...

The phrase ‘religion of peace’ was used by some to counter the othering of Muslims done by Western nation states in the wake of the 9/11 attack The phrase ‘religion of peace’ used rather ...

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov hospitalised, the Russian media reports. According to news agencies, Kerimov is currently hospitalised. The President undergoes a medical examination that, ...