Central Asia
Global Executions Fall 37% Since 2015, Amnesty International Says
The number of executions recorded worldwide in 2016 fell by 37% on the previous year, human rights group Amnesty...
Russia Probes Metro Bomber Contacts As Thousands Rally
Russian investigators on Thursday raided acquaintances of the suspected Saint Petersburg metro bomber, as the country...
Six Held In St Petersburg Over ‘Islamic State Recruitment’
Russia says it has detained six terrorist recruiters in St Petersburg after an attack on the city's metro system that...
St Petersburg Metro Bombing Suspect ‘from Kyrgyzstan’
The man suspected of killing 11 people by bombing a St Petersburg train is a native of Kyrgyzstan who obtained Russian...
Russia Metro Explosion Suspect ‘from Central Asia’
The man suspected of killing 11 people in a St Petersburg train is in his early 20s and from Central Asia, Russian...
China Bans Beards and Veils In Xinjiang
China has introduced new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against...
China Uighurs: Xinjiang Ban On Long Beards and Veils
China has introduced new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against...
Xinjiang Ban On Long Beards and Veils
China has introduced new restrictions in the far western region of Xinjiang in what it describes as a campaign against...
World Bank Chief Economist In Ghana
The World Bank Chief Economist for the Africa region Albert Zeufack is in Ghana for a three-day working visit. He is...
China’s Xinjiang Cracks Down On Muslim Practices In…
China has announced bans on beards and burkas in its remote violence-wracked Xinjiang region as part of tighter...
Kuwait Turns Silk Road Into A Massive Causeway
Kuwait is building one of the world's longest causeways to its remote north where it will pump billions into "Silk...
Merkel Heads To Egypt, Tunisia To Reduce Migrant Flows
German Chancellor Angela Merkel starts a two-day trip to Egypt and Tunisia on Thursday, part of her push to limit...
China Holds Mass Police Rally In Xinjiang As Hundreds Sent To Anti-Terror ‘frontline’
More than 10,000 armed police in China's western Xinjiang region staged a mass rally in the capital Urumqi, state media...
Kabul To Set Penalties For Subculture of Boy Sex Slaves
Afghanistan is finally set to outlaw the sick 'bacha bazi' practice that sees young boys dressed up as women and...
The Afghan Practice of Child Sex Slavery
Afghanistan is set to criminalise the practice of "bacha bazi" -- the sexual exploitation of boys -- with a slew of...
Kabul To Set Penalties For Subculture of Boy Sex Slaves
Afghanistan is set to lay out stringent penalties for "bacha bazi" -- sexual slavery and abuse of boys -- for the first...
Ukraine Tycoon Firtash Loses Vienna Appeal Against US Extradition
An Austrian appeals court on Tuesday authorised the extradition to the United States of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro...
Chinese Police In Restive Xinjiang To Track Cars By GPS
A prefecture in China's restive Xinjiang region has ordered all vehicles to be equipped with GPS-like tracking...
Some Uighurs Fighting and Dying In Syria
An exiled advocate for China's ethnic Uighur minority said Monday that some of the group were fighting and dying in...