News

Uzbekistan agrees to pay for and accept its deported nationals in landmark agreement
The Trump administration struck a deal to deport over 100 illegal immigrants from Central Asia to Uzbekistan, setting a new ...
US partners with Uzbekistan on paid deportation operation
The Trump administration has deported more than 100 illegal immigrants to Uzbekistan, with the Central Asian country picking ...
Franklin Templeton to list $1.7bn of Uzbekistan state assets
Franklin Templeton is aiming to list $1.7bn of Uzbekistan’s state assets on international markets within a year, as part of a plan by the US investment group to put the central Asian country on the ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty8d
Uzbek Farmers Say They're Being Forced To Surrender Land To Chinese Firms
Farmers in Uzbekistan allege they are being forced to cede fertile land to Chinese businesses under pressure from local ...
Arise News1d
US Deports 131 Central Asian Migrants In Deal With Uzbekistan
US has deported 131 Central Asian migrants under new deal with Uzbekistan, aiming to boost security and enforce immigration laws.
Reuters7d
Uzbekistan in talks with Belgium over return of $108m belonging to jailed ex-president's daughter, RIA reports
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, April 24 (Reuters) - Uzbekistan's government is negotiating with Belgian authorities over the return of $108 million in frozen assets belonging to Gulnara Karimova, the jailed ...
The Diplomat5d
Uzbekistan’s Struggle to Regulate Privately Organized Muslim Pilgrimage Tours Continues
Amid growing reports of fraud, poor service, and legal cases involving thousands of stranded pilgrims, Tashkent continues to ...
Yahoo8d
Can Uzbek Cotton Shake Off Its Forced Labor Problem?
2022 was supposed to have marked a turning point for Uzbek cotton, once synonymous with state-sanctioned slavery. The “world’s largest recruitment effort,” in short, appeared to have come to ...