Just weeks after a four-day border war in 2022, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and Tajik leader Emomali Rahmon couldn't shake hands. Now, as they prepare to put a border dispute behind them, they are ...

Every spring, as the earth tilts toward balance, millions celebrate Nowruz—the Persian New Year—a 3,000-year-old festival ...

Women in Tajikistan are being advised by the government to dress more "Tajik-style" and not wear either revealing Western ...

Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi hosted an Iftar dinner in honor of ambassadors from Muslim countries in ...

The landlocked country, which shares language and cultural ties with Afghanistan, has de-facto banned the wearing of long beards to combat "religious extremism". Tajikistan has intensified its ...

Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) condemns civilian massacres in Syria by Islamist forces targeting Alawites, Christians, and Shias. IMSD ca ...

U.S. authorities have arrested a Tajik national accused of funneling tens of thousands of dollars to Islamic State fighters and families in Turkey and Syria. His case comes amid longstanding -- and ...

Al-Sharaa signs a constitutional declaration for a five-year transition in Syria; Corruption investigation into Chinese ...

The arrest of a Tajik man in New York on a charge of sending money to members of terrorist network Islamic State (IS or ISIS) ...

Having banned 'foreign clothes', Tajikistan's president is set to issue 'scientific' advice on what women should wear. Some ...

Prince Karim Aga Khan, who died on Feb. 4, 2025, served as the religious leader of Ismaili ... Portugal, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania and Uganda. The foundation also has offices in Australia ...

History suggests that the city-state will maintain its steady, pragmatic course through increasingly turbulent international ...