Cove Kaz Capital finalized purchase of a majority stake in two Kazakh tungsten deposits on April 29, advancing a project first announced at a White House meeting last year. The company, a unit of U.S.-based Cove Capital, agreed to buy seven-tenths of the venture from state miner Tau-Ken Samruk, leaving the national company with three-tenths ownership and a role in overseeing development. Company officials said exploration and preparatory work will begin this summer, leading i

A chance meeting in 2016 in Bishkek set the tone for a new Uzbek leadership that welcomed U.S. assistance, pledged governance reforms and launched tools for direct citizen engagement. When Uzbekistan’s newly installed president met a senior U.S. official on a hot summer day, he emphasized a pragmatic approach to security and education while signaling a break from his predecessor. He noted that, two years earlier, Tashkent had taken delivery of 328 surplus MRAP armored vehicle

Flooding and slope failures hit multiple regions, washing out roads, damaging farms and dozens of homes Heavy downpours and accompanying mudflows over the past few days have killed four people across Tajikistan and wrecked dozens of houses, officials said, as emergency crews raced to restore roads and clear farmland choked with debris. Three of the fatalities occurred after an overnight storm inundated the southern city of Kulob, where three more people were taken to hospital

As Moscow keeps pressing its message about the Second World War, governments across Central Asia are quietly changing how they mark May holidays, juggling loyalty to old allies with a desire to shape national identity. Leaders are recalibrating parades, museum programs and school lessons to appeal to populations that are markedly younger than the generation that fought in the 1940s, and to manage the diplomatic signals such events send to Russia. The result is a patchwork of

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