Energy-starved Tajikistan has turned on a third generating unit at one of its largest hydroelectric plants.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is asking China and four other nations of an Asian security alliance to back Russia in its recent conflict with Georgia.

Dzhakhon Kurbanov, the light heavyweight from Tajikistan who bit his opponent on the shoulder in a quarterfinal bout, won’t face additional sanctions or suspension by the International Boxing Association (AIBA).

A light heavyweight boxer from Tajikistan was disqualified for biting his opponent on the shoulder during their Olympic quarterfinal bout Tuesday night.

Russia says it has forgiven Tajikistan’s debt in exchange for ownership of a space-tracking station in the former Soviet republic.Russia has agreed to write off $242 million in Tajik debt and take control of the mountaintop station, which was designed...

Officials said Monday that two men from Tajikistan men have admitted robbing and killing a Russian TV journalist, a death that had bolstered Russia’s image as one of the most dangerous countries for reporters.Ilyas Shurpayev, 32, a reporter for...

As of Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, at least 415 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its...

Hate crimes in Russia have killed 17 people and injured more than 50 others since the beginning of the year, the Russian human rights group Sova said on Friday.”This is a lot,” said Sova’s deputy director Galina Kozhevnikova, adding that 11 of the 17...

As of Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, at least 414 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its...

As of Friday, Jan. 11, 2008, at least 408 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its...