A Kyrgyz man suspected of wiring some $100,000 to terrorist groups in Syria has been apprehended, authorities say.
RFE/RL has just released a 10-part documentary film called Not In Our Name, which looks at some of the people from Central Asia who went to Syria and Iraq to join extremist groups there.
Tourists from around the world are increasingly finding their way to Kyrgyzstan's Heavenly Mountains. RFE/RL's Adilet Bektursunov, a former guide there, shows us why locals want to "keep it wild."
Some Central Asian presidents are known for their flamboyant leadership style and ability to suppress most notions of political opposition. Do you know who's who and what's what in Central Asia? (By Kaisa Alliksaar)
An associate of former Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev, Ikramjan Ilmiyanov, has been charged in absentia with corruption and added to a list of wanted persons.
Several Orthodox churches in former Soviet republics have followed the steps of the Russian Orthodox Church and cut their ties with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Kyrgyzstan's longtime foreign minister has left his post amid a standoff with the Central Asian nation's ambassador to South Korea, who was dismissed after alleging corruption in the Foreign Ministry and says he is seeking asylum abroad.
A moving dance performance was staged by activists in a Kyrgyz shopping mall to mark International Day of the Girl Child.
Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Court has ruled that the immunity enjoyed by the country's former presidents is unconstitutional.
Some 2,000 Russia and Kyrgyz troops are getting ready to launch joint antiterrorism exercises in eastern Kyrgyzstan.
A video posted to the Internet has rekindled a long-running debate in Kyrgyzstan, and more generally in Central Asia, about women's rights and the role of women in contemporary Central Asian societies.
A 19-year-old singer has set off a debate over freedom and feminism in Kyrgyzstan, with many speaking out about the way she is dressed in her music video. She makes no apologies.
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