This article explores the list of landlocked countries in Asia, each with their significant history and latest international ...

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are closing in on the conclusion of their long-running border dispute. What does the prospect mean ...

Chabahar provides one such alternative. Even the US, during occupation, exempted Afghan trade in certain items through Chabahar from Iran-specific sanctions. A fully functional Chabahar outstrips both ...

The index by Henley & Partners, a global government advisory firm, ranks all the world’s 199 passports as per the number of destinations they can access.

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

Afghan community organisations have expressed a furious backlash against a controversial petition to rename Afghan Bazaar ...

ASTANA – The Astana Times has curated a selection of articles from global media outlets covering Kazakhstan. This week’s foreign media digest includes topics such as the Central Asian partnership with ...

The Supreme Court of Tajikistan on Wednesday, February 5, announced its verdict for politicians accused of attempting a coup ...

Hussaini, the new spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, was named as the successor to his father, who died at 88.

The Singaporean passport has emerged as the strongest passport in the world with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 193 ...