Why Is Myanmar’s Military Bothering to Hold an Election? In recent years, “new” has been a top buzzword in Uzbekistan. Since the 2016 death of the country’s first president, Islam Karimov, his ...

Shavkat Rakhmonov wants to test Islam Makhachev firsthand. Makhachev (28-1) moved up to welterweight to challenge Jack Della Maddalena for the title at UFC 322 earlier this month. While this was ...

Shavkat Rakhmonov has carried the label of “future UFC champion” since storming into the welterweight elite, but a difficult run of injuries has stalled that title push. The undefeated contender spent ...

TASHKENT, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev proposed on Sunday forming a regional co-operation organisation he called the "Community of Central Asia", in what he said was a bid to ...

Shavkat Rakhmonov refuses to be forgotten as a top contender. Rakhmonov (19-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) was scheduled to challenge Belal Muhammad for the welterweight title this past May at UFC 315, but an injury ...

It’s impossible to discuss today’s Uzbekistan, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s “New Uzbekistan,” without making a comparisons to the old Uzbekistan, the country Islam Karimov built. The stories of ...

On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump highlighted the importance of critical minerals during a meeting with the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan at the ...

President Trump late Thursday announced a new trade deal across several sectors between Uzbekistan and the United States. “Over the next three years, Uzbekistan will be purchasing and investing almost ...

(Brussels, October 22, 2025) – Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will pay a high-level visit to Brussels on October 24, 2025, to sign a partnership deal with the EU setting out a new stage of ...

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (L) gives a folder labeled "Economic Partnership between Uzbekistan and the United States" to US President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting on the ...