Kyrzbekistan: Far Away, But Oh-So Close It's time to add a new travel destination to your bucket list in 2015 -- Kyrzbekistan. Born of a New York Times typo, the nonexistent Central Asian country has taken off with its own Twitter page, travel advice, and made up history, foreign relations, and culture. More
Ghosts Of Sochi: Hundreds Killed In Olympic Construction Hundreds of unresolved construction-worker deaths at the Sochi Winter Olympics still haunt Russia, as it begins massive building projects for the 2018 soccer World Cup. More
Kyrgyz Detainees Claim They Trained, Fought In Syria Detainees in a detention facility run by Kyrgyzstan's State National Security Committee (SNSC) in Osh have claimed that they underwent military training and fought in Syria. More
IS Militants Asked Baghdadi For Permission To Fight 'Infidels' In Tajikistan Militants from the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq have published a video saying that they have asked permission from the group's senior leadership to wage jihad in Tajikistan. More
Putin Decree Enables Foreigners To Serve In Russian Military Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree enabling foreign nationals to serve in the Russian military. More
Islamic Center Slams Tajik IS Militants Who Want To Wage Jihad At Home The Islamic Center of Tajikistan has criticized a recent video message by Tajik militants fighting with the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Iraq, calling for Tajiks in Syria and Iraq to return home and "wage jihad" in Tajikistan. More
'Kurds Can Wipe IS Off The Face Of The Earth' Tajik journalist Davlyat Nazirov has called on the United Nations to sort out the question of Kurdish statehood. More
Geok-Tepe Massacre: Forgetting To Remember In Turkmenistan The Turkmen authorities' decision to move the date for commemorating an infamous massacre has raised eyebrows in the country, with many believing it has been done to appease the Kremlin. More
