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Armenian PM Pashinyan keeps cabinet line-up almost unchanged for new term
Nikol Pashinyan has retained almost all members of his cabinet after his Civil Contract party's victory in the June general election.
Armenia's Pashinyan government resigns - but it's a formality, not a crisis
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's government resigned on August 2, a step mandated by Article 158 of the constitution, under which the cabinet automatically resigns on the first day of the newly elected National Assembly's first session.
Armenia and Russia clash over railway concession
Dispute centres on a 30-year concession agreement signed in 2008 under which South Caucasus Railway, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, took over operation of Armenia’s rail network.
Swiss private bank Lombard Odier fined for failing to prevent money laundering of Uzbekistan’s Karimova
Disgraced ex-president’s daughter said to have run criminal organisation called "The Office" that extracted bribes.
Kazakhstan’s Tokayev explicitly urges Putin to “freeze” Ukraine war in face to face talks
Says his country “does not understand nature” of “tragic” conflict.
Uzbek police officer dies in mystery motorbike smash on “presidential motorcade” road
Officials deny reports accident occurred at back of official convoy of vehicles that passed along route. Security chief dismissed without explanation.
Former Uzbekneftegaz boss goes on trial as billionaire Fazylov's energy empire unravels
The trial of former Uzbekneftegaz chairman Bahodir Siddiqov deepens scrutiny of state energy contracting as Bakhtiyor Fazylov’s once-dominant business empire continues to unravel.
Iran, China chamber officials float joint transport corridor to boost trade amid US strikes on rail network
Officials from Iran's Tehran Chamber and China's Khorgos International Chamber of Commerce have discussed a joint transport corridor to expand bilateral trade, with proposals to be drawn up into a memorandum of understanding.
Ukraine not behind latest drone attacks on tankers serving main Kazakh oil export route, claims Kyiv
Ambassador to Astana suggests Russia is running false flag operations.
Rosatom financial woes threaten Central Asia’s nuclear energy ambitions
Budget cuts call projects in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan into question.
Kazakhstan, China sign $15bn worth of deals as Tokayev visits Shanghai
Agreements range across AI, digital infrastructure, corridor freight, manufacturing, energy and critical minerals.
Tbilisi's unloved 'Rike Tubes' to be razed after 14 years unused and $25mn wasted
Decision to demolish modernist structures draws a line under one of post-Soviet Georgia's most expensive architectural failures.
Mongolia marks first World Horse Day with spectacular parade that drew 12,600 riders
UN proclaimed the special annual day at the urging of Ulaanbaatar
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China and Kazakhstan intensify nuclear ties
China-Central Asia Monitor: July 3-9, 2026.
Central Asia battles to stop fuel squeeze turning into supply shock
Sustained Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s refineries increasingly hitting motorists across region.
Mongolia signs deal with Franklin Templeton to prepare state firms for market listings
Ulanbataar plans to overhaul the governance of state-owned enterprises and prepare them for listings on domestic and international capital markets.
Germany detaining Afghans without criminal records for deportation
The report said the detainees face deportation despite having no known criminal convictions. Germany's Federal Ministry of the Interior had not publicly commented on the findings.
Uzbekistan and Belarus set $2bn trade target as Lukashenko banks a diplomatic win
Bilateral trade tripled in five years, up 30% this year, now targeted to hit $2bn. But even doubled, Uzbek trade barely dents Belarus's dependence on Russia.
US strike on Iranian railway bridge hits China-Russia trade corridor near Turkmenistan
The US struck a railway bridge in Iran's Golestan province on the China-Iran-Russia rail corridor in one of the deepest US strikes inside Iran since the conflict began.
UPDATE: Revolutionary Guards says it hit US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain as US strikes across Iran
Iran's IRGC says it struck four US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, naming Arifjan, Ali al-Salem, Jufair and Sheikh Isa, in what it called a punitive response to renewed US strikes on Iran.