People visit the Turkmen Textile Expo 2026 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, June 5, 2026. (Photo by Cui Jiaxin/Xinhua) This photo ...

An international coalition of civil society groups has reported a resurgence of state-imposed forced labour during ...

TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan -- Austere control over the lives of citizens in Turkmenistan took another bizarre turn when officials in the ethnically diverse Balkan Province issued a ban on foreign ...

Turkmen border guards were reportedly involved in a sustained exchange of fire with Taliban forces on January 3, the first known time the two have been in a shoot-out. The facts of the incident are ...

An exhibitor (R) displays a carpet at an exhibition on the Turkmen Carpet Day in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, May 31, 2026. (Photo ...

On December 12, there will be massive celebrations across Turkmenistan to mark the 20th anniversary of the day the United Nations officially recognized the country's "permanent neutrality." What this ...

The Mosul operation has made the predominantly Turkmen city of Tal Afar the latest focus of Turkey and Iran’s sectarian struggle for influence in post-Islamic State Iraq. Turkish President Recep ...

When it comes to controlling the flow of information in Turkmenistan, authorities don’t mess around. Those caught trying to evade government censorship measures to communicate with the outside world ...

Alpaslan Celik, a deputy commander in a Syrian Turkmen brigade, holds handles believed to be parts of a parachute of the downed Russian warplane near the northern Syrian village of Yamadi, near the ...

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The Turkmen people of Iran, primarily settled in the northeastern provinces such as Golestan, North Khorasan, and parts of Razavi Khorasan, are one of the country’s vibrant ethnic groups. Iranian ...