Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed on Monday an amendment to the crime prevention law banning face coverings in public spaces. "It is prohibited to wear clothing items in public ...

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing intense backlash over his celebratory post on World Hijab Day, February 1, as his office described hijab, head covering mandated for women in Islam, as a ...

Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, faced backlash on social media after his office shared a post that World Hijab Day recognises and honours “the faith, identity, and pride of Muslim women and girls ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's office posted a celebratory message on World Hijab Day, calling the head covering the "identity and pride" of Muslim women. The newly elected leader's post comes ...

The EU is reportedly weighing trade bans on Kyrgyz machine tools and radio equipment over alleged sanctions evasion linked to Russia. If enacted, the measures would make Kyrgyzstan the first Central ...

Kyrgyzstan is moving ahead with its national cryptocurrency strategy, launching a stablecoin and preparing for a public sector rollout of a central bank digital currency (CBDC),according to Binance co ...

A stablecoin is now live in Kyrgyzstan, which confirmed plans to launch a CBDC and explore a national crypto reserve after meeting with strategic adviser Changpeng Zhao. Kyrgyzstan has rolled out a ...

Human rights advocate Helene Ba condemned the hijab ban at a sports conference on Monday Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Human rights advocates say hijab bans in sports “need to go” as they “deny a space for ...

Kyrgyzstan’s main reservoir, Toktogul, holds just 10.8 cubic kilometers of water - its lowest September level in more than a decade - threatening electricity generation. The government plans to import ...

Kyrgyz lawmakers passed amendments to the “On Virtual Assets” bill in three readings, defining terms like a state crypto reserve and state crypto mining. Kyrgyzstan, a key emerging player in Central ...

You could be forgiven for assuming Aliman Esenalieva is overheated. The 60-year-old textile artisan is sitting cross-legged on the floor of a felted yurt on a sweltering 90-degree June day just ...

Adventurous hikers now have access to see a different side of Kyrgyzstan. The Kyrgyz Nomad Trail (KNT) is a 1,243-mile (2,000-kilometer) long-distance hiking trail in northern and eastern Kyrgyzstan, ...