President Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday signed a decree creating the Ministry of Innovative Development. The decree has defined the main vectors of Uzbekistan's innovative development. Earlier Ibrokhim Abdurakhmonov, the former vice-president of the Academy of Sciences, was appointed as Minister of Innovative Development.

Tashkent police arrested two men, aged 23 and 29, for alleged engaging in homosexual intercourse, Yunusabad district police department said. The two reportedly met on September 3 this year and began to live together in a rented apartment.

Ibrohim Abdurakhmonov, former vice-president of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, has become the minister of the newly created Minitry of Innovative Development was headed by.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov today hosted the Government delegation of Afghanistan, which included the Senior Adviser to the President for economic affairs Houmayoun Qayumi and the Special Representative of the President for development of cooperation with CIS and Russia Mohammed Shakir Korgan, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said.

President of Uzbekistan yesterday signed a decree creating two new posts of deputy prime ministers to the Cabinet of Ministers, thus, raising the number of vice-premiers from six to eight (including the first deputy PM), a source in the government said.

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Office in Uzbekistan in partnership with the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan under the intermediary of University-Industry Foundation, Yonsei University Health System conducted a National seminar on implementing of the 2nd Phase Project for Quality Improvement of Diagnosis in Patients with Infectious Disease in Uzbekistan (Strengthening Food and Water Borne Disease Surveillance) for specialists of the Ministry of Health, of Centers of State Sanitary-Epidemiological surveillance (CSSES), research institutes in the field of epidemiology, microbiology, virology, parasitology, infectious diseases and sanitary and hygiene, medical institutes and international organizations.

The delegation of Uzbekistan led by the Prosecutor General Ikhtiyor Abdullayev will visit Russia from November 29 to 30. During the visit, the Uzbekistan delegation will attend the 15th meeting of the Prosecutor General of the SCO member states and the 27th meeting of the Coordinating Council of Prosecutors General of the CIS member states, which will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia.

For the first time in history Uzbekistan and Afghanistan launch a direct passenger flight, a source in the government said. According to the source, on Wednesday at about 9:00 AM the first direct flight from Kabul, operated by the Afghan carrier Kam Air under a code-sharing agreement, will land in Tashkent. However the source didn’t elaborate on the flight frequency.

The Tashkent Police Department (TPD) reported that "filtration measures", the so-called Cleansing-Antiterror operation was conducted on November 25, which resulted in taking to the district police department of 363 persons in Chilanzar’s Beshkurgon mahalla (neibourhood), mainly the "visitors from Uzbekistan's various provinces who were currently jobless, without temporary registration and house rent agreement".

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev spoke to the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev over the phone yesterday, UzA reported.

Steam-gas mixture explosion occurred at Rishton Bosmakhonasi enterprise in Rishtan district of Fergana province today in the morning with one person getting medium severity scalds (15%) and three pupils from nearby school suffering minor injuries from the shock wave, the Emergency situations ministry said.

Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov yesterday hosted the visiting First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Askar Mamin.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who is on a state visit to the Republic of Korea, was awarded the title of honorary citizen of Seoul, UzA said.

The cause of death of three sisters in Tashkent on November 8 was the misuse of a medicine. The forensic medical examination found that the girls were prescribed Vermox (mebendazole, anthelminthic or anti-worm medication). However, the pharmacist, unable to decipher the handwriting of the doctor, gave Verapamil (medication for high blood pressure, angina (chest pain), and certain heart rhythm disorders).

The leaders of South Korea and Uzbekistan agreed Thursday to further enhance bilateral ties and cooperation between the two countries, celebrating the 25th anniversary of establishing their diplomatic ties.

Uzbek Committee for Investments and POSCO Daewoo Corporation yesterday, as part of the President Mirziyoyev’s Republic of Korea state visit, signed an agreement to build a multi-purpose business and residential  - High Tech City in Tashkent.

Today November 23, 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Uzbekistan and South Korea signed a number of accords following the talks between the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in.

Yesterday, the delegation of the U.S. House of Representatives led by Congressman Trent Kelly held meetings with high-ranking Uzbek officials, in particular was hosted by Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov.

President of Uzbekistan today arrived in the Korea Republic on a state visit. At Seoul airport Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the first lady were welcomed by Deputy Prime Minister of Korea Republic, Minister of Strategy and Finance Kim Dong-yeon.