Uzbekistan is not only the most populous country ... noted that Islam Karimov’s early background – deeply influenced by Soviet ideology – shaped his educational policies.

Tashkent - A Soviet-era passenger jet crashed near Tashkent late on ... There were no reports of survivors. The UN's top official in Uzbekistan was among those who died in a plane crash in Uzbekistan, ...

Eighty-one years ago, over three days from May 18 to May 20, 1944, Soviet security forces rounded up at least 200,000 Crimean Tatars and sent them into exile in Soviet Uzbekistan and other remote ...

Rustem Umerov, who heads Ukraine's delegation at peace talks with Russia on Friday, is a skilled and pragmatic negotiator, hailed by his colleagues as a worker of diplomatic "wonders". The 43-year ...

It was a sign that "there will be no compromise on Crimea," he told AFP. Umerov was born in 1982 in Soviet Uzbekistan where his family had been deported under Joseph Stalin. He moved to Crimea as ...

Umerov was born in 1982 in Soviet Uzbekistan where his family had been deported under Joseph Stalin. He moved to Crimea as a child when the Tatars — who make up some 12-15 percent of Crimea’s ...

E. Joan Blum, an associate professor of the practice at Boston College Law School, has received a Fulbright Teaching/Research grant from the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to teach academic legal ...

In his five seasons, Thibodeau took the Knicks to the postseason four times, won at least one playoff series in three consecutive seasons and this year helped them earn their first conference ...