EducationUSA, the U.S. government’s official resource for students interested in pursuing higher education opportunities in the United States, together with Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, opened the South and Central Asia Regional Forum at the InterContinental Hotel in Tashkent today.

The Biden administration has warned the European Union and several member states to crack down on travelers from some Central Asian nations, according to people familiar with the request, part of a broader effort to prevent possible terrorists from slipping into the US.

Today on October 17, a National Guard officer shot himself with a service weapon in the building of Almazar district prosecutor's office.

Today, president Shavkat Mirziyoyev held talks with the Chinese president Xi Jinping. The parties discussed the ways to further advance the Uzbek-Chinese friendship relations and comprehensive strategic partnership.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, having arrived in China today, met with the CEO of the Amer International, Wang Wenying, the presidential press service said.

State Security Service arrested officials of Tashkent province tax authority and the labor protection branch of Karakalpakstan redhandedly while receiving a bribe, the press service of the security agency said.

Today on October 17, a ceremony was held at the Preschool Educational Institution No. 35 of the Kushtepa district of the Fergana region to hand over the educational equipment provided within the framework of the grant program "Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects" in the amount of 40,814 US dollars.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his wife today landed on a working visit to Beijing, the presidential press service said.

Chinese firm could erect an indoor ice resort on 4 hectares in the Andijan province, the press service of the provincial administration reported. The name of companies that will be involved in the project was not disclosed.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the 25th session of the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), which opened on Monday in Samarkand, put forward a number of initiatives aimed at deepening cooperation between countries in the field of tourism.

Deputy chairman of Uzbekistan Railways, Kh. Rakhmetov hosted the head of the transport sector of the World Bank V. Aragones.

The 10th meeting of the working group on media and information affairs of the Organization of Turkic States began in Bishkek, the Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of Kyrgyzstan reported.

Three Uzbek nationals were killed and four more people went missing in Hamas attacks, which began on October 7. This was reported by the Russian-language Telegram channel of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Dry weather is expected to prevail during this week over most of Uzbekistan. Only in the southern regions, as well as in the foothills and mountainous reas of the country, will there be rain in places on October 18, Uzhydromet reported.

The next round of political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan and Poland took place in Tashkent.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Beijing on October 17-18 on a working visit to attend the third One Belt, One Road Forum, the presidential press service said.

Uzbekistan has allowed access to railway station buildings without an identity document. The Ministry of Transport announced this on October 12, citing the Cabinet's Apr. 17, 2023 resolution.

Today, on October 13, on the sidelines of the CIS summit in Bishkek, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

The Tashkent city mayor’s office signed a framework agreement with the Chinese BYD on purchase of 2 thousand BYD K9UD eBus electric buses.

During the 2023 World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco, the government of Uzbekistan and the World Bank signed an agreement to allocate $46.25 million for financing the Innovative Carbon Resource Application for Energy Transition Project (iCRAFT). These funds will help implement a project supporting the country’s clean energy transition, energy efficiency, and energy subsidy reforms.