The Central Asian region’s strategic location between Russia and China has long made it a ‘grand chessboard’ for great power ...

As the Southern Ocean slowly releases heat it has absorbed from a warming atmosphere, regions as far away as East Asia and ...

Secretary-General António Guterres announced the launch of the UN80 Initiative on 12 March 2025 to rapidly identify efficiencies and improvements, review the implementation of all mandates given to ...

Top EU leaders were in Uzbekistan on Friday for a major summit with the heads of five Central Asian states, seeking to press ...

Stone tools unearthed in China's Yunnan province suggest Neanderthals or another ancient human species adapted to harsh ...

The Central Asian region is home to approximately 79 million people spread across five nations. It was part of the Soviet ...

For a long time Central Asia’s most volatile frontier has played host to deadly clashes. But in mid-March Sadyr Japarov, ...

Despite reason of motivation, Ahimsa was a noble decree. If not; history’s noblest. For two thousand years Ahimsa had been our Asian moral code. Even the many satyagrahas or passive resistance, with ...

Central Asia summit, to be held on April 3-4 in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, is seen by some observers as a potential ...

In this capacity, he oversees the institution’s work on all countries in the Asia-Pacific region. He was previously a Deputy Director in the Western Hemisphere Department (WHD), where he supervised ...

People along the densely populated Pacific coasts are exposed to strongly fluctuating rainfall patterns: In East Asia, heavy ...

As Western fast food chains expand their reach and disposable incomes rise, more people across Asia are shifting away from ...