Headlines
  • At least five ballistic missile launches from Iran have been detected by the Israelis since midnight.
  • Mehrabad Airport in Tehran is hit by strikes
  • The Prince Sultan Air Base was the target of a ballistic missile that Saudi Arabia's military intercepted and destroyed, according to the country's defense ministry.
  • Heavy gunfire on Friday injured three peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon inside their base in southwest Lebanon.
  • To put an end to the bloodshed, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged serious diplomatic negotiations..
  • In a social media post, President Trump said that "no deal" other than "unconditional surrender" will be with Iran.
  • Iran reportedly receives intelligence from Russia on US targets.

Tag: Kyrgyz News

October 16, 2020

Japarov Announces He Holds ‘All Power’...

Newly elected Kyrgyz Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov told supporters on October 15 that the country’s presidency had passed to him after the resignation of President Sooronbai Jeenbekov earlier the same day

October 9, 2020

Volunteers Block Looters Amid Kyrgyz Power...

Volunteers in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, say they have stopped attacks by looters amid a power vacuum in the Central Asian nation. The volunteers, who organized through social-media channels, said they had to step in to protect buildings and property as police had vanished from many areas. Kyrgyzstan’s government resigned after mass protests over parliamentary elections many saw as rigged

August 23, 2020

Kyrgyzstan extradites journalist to Uzbekistan amid...

The Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security, or GKNB, said it received assurances from their Uzbek partners that Abdullayev would not be ill-treated. The journalist reported being subjected to physical and torture after his arrest in September 2017

August 1, 2020

Dying Doctors Leave A Void As...

Medical staff in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan say they are continuing to struggle to treat COVID-19 patients and lack critical medicine, equipment, and staff. In a local hospital, most staff have been infected and several have died

July 24, 2020

Kyrgyzstan: Viral videos Spark Fresh Conversation...

One, which surfaced last week, shows an assault on a pair of Pakistani medical volunteers by a group of Kyrgyz men. Another was self-filmed by a group of Kyrgyz expatriates in Russia, who warn in the footage they will beat up any Kyrgyz women who date men of other ethnicities.

June 5, 2020

‘He’s Innocent’: Activist’s Wife Reflects On...

It’s been 10 years since Azimjon Askarov was arrested by Kyrgyz security forces in connection with ethnic Uzbek-Kyrgyz clashes that first erupted in the city of Osh. The violence left hundreds dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. His wife, Khadicha Askarova, told RFE/RL that in that time “our grandchildren have been born. Some of them have passed away.” A court in Bishkek recently upheld the ethnic Uzbek human rights activist’s life sentence, despite international pressure for his release

April 6, 2020

Coronavirus Diary: Can Kyrgyzstan Survive This?

Ever since officials declared the coronavirus state of emergency here in Kyrgyzstan, soldiers and police have been patrolling the streets. People on the streets must present them their papers and a self-declaration form showing where they have come from and where they are headed, and why

March 25, 2020

COVID-19: From Kyrgyzstan and Serbia

Kyrgyzstan declared a state of emergency in its cities and some regions, aiming to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The measures, which take effect on March 25..The Serbian Army began preparing 3000 beds for people diagnosed with coronavirus

March 22, 2020

Kyrgyzstan: Anxiety Creeping, But Few Can...

The first three cases were reported on March 18. The men – who are aged 70, 62 and 46 – flew back to Kyrgyzstan on March 12 and were made to undergo a test before being allowed to self-isolate in their homes in the village of Blagoveschensk, in the Suzak district of Jala-Abad region

March 21, 2020

Kyrgyz Quarantine Quarters Called ‘Horribly Cold...

Some 170 people being held in quarantine at a former U.S. military base in Kyrgyzstan have complained of mold, bad smells, and a lack of heating. The issue was raised in the parliament after inhabitants sent videos showing the conditions to the media

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