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Former MMA Fighter Medet Zheenaliev Drowns While Rescuing Teens in Kyrgyzstan

Officials say he drowned during a rescue at Issyk-Kul, underscoring the lake’s dangerous currents.

Japan Refinery Runs Rebound as Alternative Crude and Stockpiles Fill the Gap

TotalEnergies Greenlights $1.2 Billion, 1 GW Wind Project in Kazakhstan

Kabul’s Water Crisis Reaches Critical Point

IndiGo Extends Suspension of Flights to Four Central Asian Capitals Through Feb. 11, 2026

Afghan Toll Rises to 61 as Winter Storms Sweep Region

One Indian Student Killed, Two Injured in Kazakhstan Road Crash, Embassy Confirms

At Least 17 Dead as Flash Floods Sweep Afghanistan After Heavy Rains and Snow

Tajikistan Says Border Guards Kill Three Armed Men From Afghanistan in Khatlon Clash

Magnitude 4.8 Earthquake Recorded in Tajikistan, NCS Confirms

Wildberries Launches WB Taxi in Uzbekistan, Starting in Tashkent

52 Suffer Gas Exposure on Almaty Train, Two Children in ICU

Damage to Baikonur’s Sole Soyuz/Progress Pad in MS-28 Liftoff Puts ISS Logistics at Risk

Baikonur Launch Pad Damaged in Soyuz Liftoff as MS-38 Docks With ISS

Survey Recasts Kazakhstan’s 3,500-Year-Old Semiyarka as a 346-Acre Planned Settlement

CSTO Ministers and Security Chiefs to Meet in Bishkek on Nov. 27 as Russia Confirms Lavrov, Shoigu

UNODC: Afghanistan’s Opium Crop Down 20% in 2025 as Trade Shifts to Synthetics

Afghanistan Earthquake Kills 27, Injures Nearly 1,000 in North

Authorities Find 112 Dead Caspian Seals on Kazakhstan’s Tupkaragan Coast

France Charges 20-Year-Old Afghan Over Suspected IS-K Support and Detains Him in Lyon