A 22-year-old man has been taken into custody on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at a hotel in the city of Kokand, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office said.

A provincial court has overturned part of a verdict in the case over the poisoning of 105 children at three state kindergartens in the city of Fergana and sentenced two catering company executives to prison, the press service of the provincial courts said.

A parliamentary delegation led by Senate chair Tanzila Norboyeva met South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Nov. 9 during an official visit to South Korea, the delegation’s press office said.

The Legislative Chamber has passed the Shared Construction Law bill, under which money paid by buyers for homes under construction would be held in bank escrow accounts, and sent it to the Senate, the chamber said.

A district division of the Compulsory Enforcement Bureau under the Prosecutor General’s Office has destroyed 277 forged driver’s licenses in Surkhandarya province, the bureau’s provincial press service said.

A new urban development called Nukus city, designed for 50,000 residents, will be built on 270 hectares in the Ashshikol area of the Jolshilar neighborhood in the city of Nukus, according to the Nov. 5 presidential decree.

A company that builds residential properties has bought the central office building of the State Assets Management Agency in downtown Tashkent for 251.6 billion soums at an online auction, the agency said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will visit Antalya on Nov. 10-11 to take part in the 31st session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), the president’s press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has reviewed 133 projects worth a total of $3.3 billion that Uzbekistan plans to carry out when it chairs the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) in 2027–2029, the president’s press service said.

First Deputy Minister of Transport Mamanboy Omarov has said that a Chinese company plans to enter Uzbekistan's taxi market with a fleet of 5,000 vehicles. 

Uzbekistan has reached agreements with Kazakhstan and China to increase the number of scheduled flights, the Transport Ministry said.

Presidential press secretary Sherzod Asadov proposed four priority areas for media cooperation between Uzbekistan and Russia at the third Uzbekistan-Russia Media Forum in Tashkent, where he also warned that fakes and deepfakes are doubling every year.

Uzbekistan plans to carry out 164 projects worth a total of $11.6 billion in electrical engineering and related new industries over the next three years, presidential press secretary Sherzod Asadov said.

Uzbekistan will shift from recording and compiling crime statistics to using artificial intelligence to forecast crime trends and identify risk factors early, under a presidential decree that took effect on Nov. 7.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Nov. 9 proposed a mechanism under which commercial banks would offer consumer loans at 18% annual interest to buy household appliances made in the country, presidential press secretary Sherzod Asadov said.

The implementation of a guarantee deposit for truck drivers hauling cargo from Uzbekistan to Kazakhstan, due to start on Nov. 9, has been postponed, the State Revenue Department of Turkistan province said.

Rain, heavy in places, is forecast across Uzbekistan on Monday, with thunderstorms possible, Uzhydromet said. Only the Fergana Valley is expected to remain dry.

Employees of state bodies in Uzbekistan would be tested for their resilience to corruption under a draft regulation whose discussion concluded today, part of efforts to prevent corruption-related offences.

A 500-kilovolt substation, Koltsevaya, was commissioned in Tashkent province on Nov. 7, a project that will make electricity supply more reliable for the capital and part of the province, the Energy Ministry of Uzbekistan’s press service said.

Uzbekistan has proposed a special trade and transit corridor through Afghanistan after trade with Pakistan fell sharply, and Pakistan called the idea acceptable, the Dunyo news agency reported.