Officials in Uzbekistan have denied that a traffic police officer died in a motorcycle collision with a passenger car that took place after a Tashkent road was closed to make way for the presidential motorcade. Not long after the fatal crash (captured by this dashcam footage at about eight&nbs»»»

The trial of former Uzbekneftegaz chairman Bahodir Siddiqov deepens scrutiny of state energy contracting as Bakhtiyor Fazylov’s once-dominant business empire continues to unravel. WHAT: Siddiqov and eight others, including representatives of Enter Engineering and Eriell Management, face charges inc»»»

Kyrgyzstan’s athlete Zholaman Sharshenbekov won a gold medal at the ranking wrestling tournament in Hungary. The competition website reports. Sharshenbekov competed in the 60-kilogram weight class and started in the round of 32. The Kyrgyzstani secured three consecutive early victories and advanced»»»