By Bruce Pannier Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of some 15 million Ismaili Muslims worldwide, died in ...

To reach Paris's Eiffel Tower, Nurzhigit Abrahman had to zig-zag through treacherous mountain passes and avoid an avalanche ...

We address global challenges such as: Dr Mahfuz Kamal has been awarded an Enterprise Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering to support him as CEO of University spin-out company RecoVolt. The ...

Home to 1.1 million people, Bishkek is a busy Central Asian city, with frequent traffic jams and one of the worst records in ...

Locals have come to dread the winter in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s capital, with plunging temperatures invariably accompanied by a ...

On January 15, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Keremet Bank, a Kyrgyz financial institution formerly known as AsiaUniversalBank and later Rosinbank. The bank, over 97% state-owned, has ...

Kyrgyz Lender Keremet Bank to Appeal After Being Hit With US Sanctions BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyz lender Keremet Bank on Thursday said it would challenge a decision by the U.S. Treasury to impose ...

BISHKEK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Kyrgyz lender Keremet Bank on Thursday said it would challenge a decision by the U.S. Treasury to impose sanctions on it for allegedly creating a hub for trade payments ...

U.S. sanctions Kyrgyz bank with history of corruption, money laundering, and political intrigue. The U.S. Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on Kyrgyz Keremet Bank, citing violations of ...

Kyrgyzstan’s Social Democrats are being subjected to “political terror,” prominent party member Kadyr Atambayev said in a Facebook post after learning that fellow member Zhanna Samysheva had ...

Moldova arrests former Kyrgyz presidential advisor who had requested political asylum after accusing his president of corruption and election rigging. Acting on a warrant issued by Kyrgyzstan, Moldova ...

ASTANA – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Zheenbek Kulubaev, who paid first official visit to Kazakhstan on Jan. 10. During the talks, the President expressed ...