Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, ...

Women in Kyrgyzstan will now face fines for wearing the full-body niqab, under a January ban that has now received the backing of the country's top Islamic authority. Calling the niqab "alien to our ...

Women with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan face alarming rates of harassment, physical and sexual abuse, and economic ...

OSH, KyrgyzstanOSH, Kyrgyzstan — The U.N. has found evidence of bloody intent behind the chaos in Kyrgyzstan that killed hundreds, left the nation’s second-biggest city a smoldering ruin and sent more ...

The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry said on July 19 that 8 Kyrgyz women and 14 children returned to the Central Asian nation from refugee camps in Syria's northeast. The ministry said the United States gave ...

Intricate woolen carpets made in western Kyrgyzstan's Leilek district stand out as a unique regional art form in the one of the country's most remote regions, where there are few opportunities for ...

OSH, Kyrgyzstan — An estimated 400,000 people - nearly one-twelfth the population - have fled their homes to escape Kyrgyzstan’s ethnic violence, the U.N. said Thursday as throngs of refugees huddled ...

On her first trip to Kyrgyzstan, she met Aizada Sopuev, a 22-year-old university graduate who served as her translator and guide. The two women got along so well that Goldman hired Sopuev. Comfortable ...

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 2, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Pool BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyzstan's ...