The Football Federation of Tajikistan (FFT) has taken disciplinary action for the second time in less than a year against one of the country’s most popular football teams, triggering furious reaction from supporters of the club.

A new study by a Yale University economist suggests that the language you speak can have an impact on your long-term well-being by affecting how you think about saving money, smoking, exercise, and even obesity.

Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus could reap a bonanza in transit fees as NATO brings home materiel from Afghanistan.

While there's no shortage of doctors or clinics in Tajikistan, where health care is officially free, many patients are still opting for some potentially dangerous folk remedies.

A newly planned social network -- conceived during the early days of last year's Arab Spring uprisings -- seeks to link the world's Muslims on a platform where they won't be exposed to pornography, insults to Islam or a political agenda. But some Muslims have their doubts.

U.S. Assistant Secretary Robert Blake spoke with RFE/RL about security cooperation and the human rights agenda in Central Asia.

Even as financial necessity amid an extended economic crisis is breaking Central Asian cultural and religious taboos that traditionally deterred women from going to Russia for work on their own, they have been exposed to worrying consequences, such as intimidation, abuse, inhumane working conditions, and sex trafficking.