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On December 5-6, 2018, representatives from Uzbekistan joined colleagues from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan at the 4th High-Level Regional Meeting on “Migration and Tuberculosis (TB): Cross-Border TB Control and Care in the Central Asian Region” in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Uzbekistan supports the Central Asia-South Asia power project (CASA-1000) that will allow for the export of surplus hydroelectricity from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to Pakistan and Afghanistan, said Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov at an international conference on Afghanistan in Geneva Wednesday.

Five Uzbek nationals died when a bus was hit by a train at a crossing in the Ozinsky district of the Saratov province in Russia, and the two injured are the Kazakh nationals.

The United Nations General Assembly approved the resolution entitled "Situation with human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol", the UN News Center said.

Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov hosted the participants of the 21st meeting of the Conference of Special Services of Turkic-speaking States, which was held in Kyrgyzstan, the presidential press service reports.

Uzbekistan delegation will attend the 11th Republic of Korea - Central Asia Cooperation Forum in Seoul on November 6-7. The delegation will be led by Deputy Foreign Minister Dilshod Akhatov.

The meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of Government was held in Astana during which the Commonwealth countries signed a number of important agreements - including Agreement on Preparedness in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, on the use of space for peaceful purposes, and others.

International food commodity prices dipped in October, as falling dairy, meat and vegetable oils prices more than offset a surge in sugar prices, the United Nations said today.

The servicemen of the special-purpose regiment from Uzbekistan won gold medal in Phase Four of the Cambrian Patrol exercise in Wales, UK.

President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev signed decree suspending the Kazakh Ambassador to Uzbekistan Erik Utembaev from office.

In an exclusive interview with ATR, the Uzbek-born businessman issued a series of denials about the alleged criminal links detailed in a U.S. Treasury listing. It accuses him of being “one of the leaders of Uzbek organized crime”.

Economic advances around the world mean that while fewer people live in extreme poverty, almost half the world’s population — 3.4 billion people — still struggles to meet basic needs, the World Bank said.

The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Democratic Republic of Congo’s Dr Denis Mukwege and Yazidi rape victim, Nadia Murad.

Global agricultural food commodity prices fell in September due to growing inventories of key staples. The FAO Food Price Index declined 1.4 percent from August and is now 7.4 percent below its level during September 2017.

Today the Serious Fraud Office has issued a claim for civil recovery in the High Court under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

Artificial spider silk from Amsilk is more flexible and possibly better suited for high-performance applications than its rival, carbon fiber.

The meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) kicked off today in the Kokhi Somon Palace of the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe.

Irina Beketova, the reporter of Nur.kz, has been murdered near her flat in the capital city of Astana, Nur.kz reported. "Police is searching for a 34-year old man suspected of murder. Irina had four children, the eldest one has Down syndrome, the youngest is aged 3," the statement added.

Uzbekistan delegation will for the first time visit the 3rd Azerbaijan International Defence Exhibition, ADEX 2018, to be held at Baku Expo Centre in the capital of Azerbaijan from September 25 to 27. ADEX 2018 is a grand display of modern weaponry and equipments and a major regional exposition of weapons and military equipment.

Commuters in Germany now have a chance to ride the world's first hydrogen train as the country moves to replace old diesel-powered engines. Instead of exhaust fumes, hydrogen trains produce only water.