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Donald Trump's trial starts in Manhattan criminal court

US media reports say former US President Donald Trump attended the first day of his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments linked to extramarital affairs, at Manhattan Criminal Court in

16:27, april 16, 2024

SECURITY

20 cities and districts of Tajikistan have fulfilled their conscription targets over the first 10 days of the conscription campaign

Twenty cities and districts of Tajikistan have fulfilled their spring conscription targets over the first ten days of the spring conscription campaign, Faridoun Mahmadalizoda, a spokesman for the

15:37, april 16, 2024

Mobile Internet in Afghanistan is more accessible than in Tajikistan

Tajikistan routinely ranks toward the bottom of international standings in terms of mobile Internet offered by domestic Internet service providers (ISPs).

12:07, april 16, 2024

Iran reportedly fired hypersonic missiles to attack Israel

After the massive aerial strike launched by Iran on Israel directly from its soil, there are claims that Tehran also employed hypersonic missiles that allegedly hit all its designated targets,

11:54, april 16, 2024

SECURITY

Tajikistan hosts joint Tajik-Russian military exercise

A four-day joint military exercise of Tajik and Russian military personnel was launched in Tajikistan yesterday.

11:15, april 16, 2024

POWER

President shakes up regional administrators, appoints new head of Antimonopoly Agency

President Emomali Rahmon, who is also Head of the Government, introduced a number of staff changes yesterday, according to the Tajik president’s official website.

10:45, april 16, 2024

The second ministerial meeting of the GCC-Central Asia Strategic Dialogue held in Tashkent

Bahrain News Agency ( BNA ) and Qatar News Agency ( QNA ) reported on April 14 that the second ministerial meeting of the Strategic Dialogue between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Central

10:24, april 16, 2024

Uzbek president expected to pay state visit to Tajikistan from April 18-19

An official source within the Uzbek Embassy in Dushanbe says Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is expected to pay a state visit to Tajikistan from April 18-19.

10:05, april 16, 2024

Tajikistan ends visa-free access for citizens of Turkiye

Tajikistan ends a vis-free access for citizens of Turkiye in response of Turkiye’s decision to cancel a visa-free travel for Tajik nationals.

16:42, april 15, 2024

INCIDENTS

Tajik border guards reportedly kill seven Afghans suspected of drug smuggling

Afghanistan’s Hasht-e Subh reported on April 11 that local sources in Takhar province report that Tajik border forces shot and killed at least seven Afghan citizens who illegally crossed

16:21, april 15, 2024

Tajik government alarmed as Moscow terror attack fallout has migrants streaming home

An article by a freelance journalist Chris Rickleton says that even in Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe, it doesn't take long to realize how much the country and its roughly 10 million people

15:59, april 15, 2024

900 migrants who got Russian citizenship put on military register in Sverdlovsk oblast

Military investigators jointly with representatives of military registration officers and police have conducted raids in a number of cities in Sverdlovsk oblast over the first quarter of this year to

15:05, april 15, 2024

FSB prevents attack on synagogue in Moscow

Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, said on April 12 that has prevented an attack on a synagogue in Moscow.

14:48, april 15, 2024

The second ministerial meeting of the GCC-Central Asia Strategic Dialogue kicks off in Tashkent today

Bahrain News Agency ( BNA ) and Qatar News Agency ( QNA ) reported on April 14 that the second ministerial meeting of the Strategic Dialogue between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Central

14:31, april 15, 2024

Top Tajik diplomat meets with his Uzbek counterpart in Tashkent to discuss cooperation

On Sunday April 14, Tajik Foreign minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin met in Tashkent with his Uzbek counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on the sidelines of the second meeting of the Gulf

11:33, april 15, 2024

Tajik president expected to pay a state visit to Azerbaijan next month

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon is expected to pay a state visit to Azerbaijan in the second half of May.

11:14, april 15, 2024

Rahmon holds phone talks with his Kazakh counterpart Tokayev to discuss cooperation

President Emomali Rahmon held phone talks with his Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in the evening of April 12.

10:55, april 15, 2024

Iran’s attack on Israel did not happen in a vacuum, says Russia Ambassador to the United States

Iran's attack on Israel did not happen in a vacuum – it was a response to the shameful inaction of the UN Security Council, the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said

10:43, april 15, 2024

World reacts to Iran’s drone, missile raids on Israel

World leaders express fear the conflict could lead to further escalation in the region, calling for all sides to exercise restraint.

10:18, april 15, 2024

Iran attacks Israel with over 300 drones, missiles

Media reports say Iran unleashed a barrage of missiles and drones on Saturday and during the early hours of Sunday, targeting Israel in retaliation for last week’s suspected Israeli strike on

09:46, april 15, 2024

In Central Asia, growth expected to normalize after the record-high 2022–2023 levels

Developing economies in Asia and the Pacific are forecast to expand by 4.

17:12, april 12, 2024

The price of confessions obtained under torture is well known to everyone, says Tajik foreign minister

The meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers kicked off in Minsk, Belarus on April 12.

16:15, april 12, 2024

Tajik capital to host international exhibition-fair in early May

An international universal exhibition-fair, dubbed Tajikistan-20243, will open at Dushanbe’s International Exhibition Center on May 3.

15:33, april 12, 2024

Central Asian region plays pivotal role in global resources politics

Eldaniz Gusseinov of the Ibn Khaldun University’s Heydar Aliyev Center for Eurasian Studies, alongside Abakhon Sultonazarov, IWPR Central Asia Regional Director, contend that the interplay

14:50, april 12, 2024

Freedom House lists Tajikistan among the countries with the lowest “democracy scores”

Freedom House’s latest edition of Nations in Transit , which was released on April 11, says democratic governance declined for the 20th consecutive year in the 29 countries stretching from

11:21, april 12, 2024

Russia suspends sugar exports for six months; will this affect Tajikistan?

The Russian government has announced that it intends to extend its ban on the export of grain and sugar to fellow members of a trading bloc until the end of August in a move that has sparked fear of

10:33, april 12, 2024

INCIDENTS

Eight killed in three traffic accidents on April 9 and 10

Six people were killed on April 9 as two cars collided in Bobojon-Ghafourov district, Sughd province.

09:53, april 12, 2024

SECURITY

Taliban reportedly detain two Tajiks recruited by IS-K and who planned to go to Pakistan for training

Taliban-inked media outlet Al-Mersaad has released interviews of two Tajik nationals who are apparently being held in a Taliban prison.

16:51, april 11, 2024

EU, Tajikistan hold 3rd round of negotiations on the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement

The European Union (EU) and Tajikistan held the third round of negotiations of a new comprehensive framework for strengthening their bilateral relations in Dushanbe on April 8 and 9.

16:26, april 11, 2024