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U.S. military must find ways to meet global threats - and budget demands

Terrorists flex their muscles in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

China says attack in restive Xinjiang area kills 4

Four people were killed and eight more were injured in an attack in China's restive Central Asian frontier while the national legislature is meeting in the capital to install new leadership, an...

Pakistani tribesmen pushing Taliban to talk peace

Many are Uzbeks and other Central Asians belonging to the outlawed Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and mostly disliked by local residents.

Migrant workers at Sochi Olympic sites face abuses

One year ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the roads in the Black Sea resort and its surrounding mountains are lined with migrants from Central Asia doing the grunt work that Russians find...

Eyeing rich bounty, China in line for Afghan role

Wang Lian, a Central Asia expert at Beijing University, notes that superpowers have historically been involved in Afghanistan because it is an Asian crossroads - and China would be no exception.

US plays down Afghan threat to Central Asia

A senior U.S. diplomat has played down concerns among Central Asian governments that the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan could foment regional instability.

Clash on Kyrgyz-Uzbek border wounds at least 3

A clash on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan has resulted in injuries on both sides and raised fears of further unrest in the Ferghana Valley of Central Asia.

Central Asian migrants change the face of Moscow

The old Moscow, populated largely by Slavs, is rapidly giving way to a multi-ethnic city where Muslims from Central Asia are the fastest growing sector of the population.

Clinton fears efforts to 're-Sovietize' in Europe

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is warning about new attempts by oppressive governments to "re-Sovietize" much of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Security dominates EU talks in Central Asia

Ashton said she wanted to see deeper cooperation on energy and trade with Europe, but avoided addressing what advocacy groups say are worsening political freedoms in Central Asia.

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MOSCOW: Turkmen leader's horse fall hidden from nation

But the fall was certainly a wound to the pride of the 55-year-old Central Asian leader, whose...

Turkmen leader's horse fall hidden from nation

But the fall was certainly a wound to the pride of the 55-year-old Central Asian leader, whose...

Boston suspects' father says he's returning to US

The suspects are ethnic Chechens and their father's family was deported to Central Asia.

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Obama To Give Speech On Drone Program's Legality

Having been to 37 countries and 5 continents and many around Central Asia and the ME I have...

World View: Russian Warships Enter Mediterranean for First Time in Decades

In the past ten years, I've referenced the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) a number of...

Twitter, Saudi Arabia's Top Cleric Says, Will Damn Your Soul

Internet censorship is prevalent across former Soviet Central Asian republics, but the strongest...

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Putin: Russia needs stronger defense against Afghan threats

Putin said Russia, which is separated geographically from Afghanistan by the ex-Soviet states of...

Putin says Russia needs stronger defense against Afghan threats

Putin said Russia, which is separated geographically from Afghanistan by the ex-Soviet states of...

Mongolia, amid influx of foreign money, clashes with a major partner, mining...

Outside, it's minus 22 degrees as a February wind blasts across the Central Asian steppe and...