USDA’s November 2024 WASDE report for cotton shows lower production, trade, and consumption numbers for the U.S. and for the ...

Uzbekistan’s tradition of silk production has been a hallmark of its cultural and economic landscape for millennia, with deep roots tracing back to the ancient Silk Road.

With a voter turnout of 75.35%, Uzbekistan’s recent legislative elections on October 29 delivered a decisive victory for the ...

One year after the launch of the Better Cotton Traceability program, the sustainability initiative is looking ahead to expanding the scope of its data and reach.

Once one of the world's largest inland lakes, the Aral Sea in Central Asia, has evaporated into the desert, its waters sucked dry by Soviet-era irrigation plans.

Shamshad Abdullaev’s very name was a confluence of cultures. A Persian first name (“a pine-like tree”), an Arabic last name (“A servant of God”), and a Slavic “ev” ending that simply means “of”. This ...

A court in Uzbekistan's Ferghana Province has sentenced 51-year-old Alisher Xoliqov to five years in prison for mercenary activities with the Russian armed forces in a landmark case highlighting ...

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The water starved region of Central Asia is facing another threat to its beleaguered water supply -- the construction of a massive canal by the Taliban across the border in Afghanistan.

TASHKENT, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Uzbekistan's Liberal Democratic Party has won 64 seats out of 150 in Uzbekistan's parliament with 42.7% of the vote in Sunday's election, the Central Election ...

Assailants on a motorcycle fired five shots into the car carrying Uzbekistan’s former press secretary Komil Allamjonov early Saturday morning near his home outside of the country’s capital of ...