The closing ceremony of the VI International Children's Folklore Festival 'Nariste' was held at the Rukh Ordo cultural center ...

A 4,000-year-old child’s skull discovered in Uzbekistan shows evidence of trepanation, making it the oldest known surgery in ...

While Turkmenistan’s insular, authoritarian government is taking baby steps to open the country’s economy to international ...

Turkmenistan has announced the results of the annual state-level competitions organized by the country’s Ministry of ...

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

In years past, the U.S. was referred to as "King Cotton" for its prodigious output of the fiber wanted by the rest of the ...

New findings reveal that forced labor in Turkmenistan’s cotton sector has worsened despite international intervention—and that tainted cotton is being masked by intermediary countries.

Landlocked Afghanistan is struggling to access supplies as fighting with Pakistan and the Iran war disrupt key routes. Border ...

When landlocked Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan started fighting late last year and their border crossings closed, ...

Airstrikes on Tehran earlier this year emitted a plume containing almost 30,000 tonnes of sulphur dioxide that reached Asian ...

International Children's Day, observed annually on June 1, highlights children's rights and well-being, with many countries ...

The United Nations' World Food Program, whose Afghan operations include life-saving nutritional supplements for malnourished mothers and children and fortified high-energy biscuits for schoolchildren, ...