The death toll from a Russian missile strike on Pryluky in Chernihiv Oblast has risen to 16, including four children, and 55 people have been injured.

A 22-year-old university student has been sentenced to six years in prison after driving away his neighbor’s Nexia without permission in Qiziltepa district of Navoi province, following an argument with his girlfriend.

Today, the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev delivered remarks at the eighth Central Asia and Azerbaijan Summit in the Avaza national tourist zone in Turkmenistan. Highlights:

Security officers at the Tashkent Metro have returned $10,000 in lost cash to its owner, a citizen of Kazakhstan, the press service of the Interior Ministry said.

Uzbekistan has approved a procedure for providing social services to victims of human trafficking under the Cabinet of Ministers' Oct. 6 resolution.

September was among the warmest Septembers on record in Uzbekistan, the national hydrometeorological service Uzhydromet said in a review of the month's weather. 

A man who works as a production training master at a technical college in Jarqo'rg'on district, Surxondaryo province, has been sentenced to five days of administrative detention for sexually harassing a minor student.

Tashkent Mayor Shavkat Umurzakov has come out against handing over the grounds of state schools and kindergartens to public-private partnership (PPP) projects, he said in an interview with Gazeta.

The director of the State Assets Management Agency, Sohibjon Murodov, has rejected criticism that the UNG Petro filling station chain and the Chinaz oil refinery were privatized in secret, saying both were sold through direct negotiations involving international consultants.

A sign at the delivery entrance of an Evos fast food chain outlet in city of Bukhara has been removed after public criticism.

Tashkent needs to add about 1,000 hectares of large green and forest-park areas to come close to Almaty's level of greenery, the city's mayor, Shavkat Umurzakov said.

A proposal to implement English-language instruction at some schools in Uzbekistan was put forward in a presentation on developing the education system that President Shavkat Mirziyoyev reviewed Wednesday.

Russian citizens will soon be able to access Russian state services through a multifunctional center at the Russian House in Tashkent, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko said at the Digital Solutions Forum, RBC reported.

Ten point three million tourists visited during the period of January–September 2026, the Tourism Committee said in a report. This figure marks a 20.4% increase compared to the corresponding period in 2025. In September alone, 1.2 million tourists arrived.

Air quality in Tashkent may temporarily deteriorate during nighttime and morning hours through the end of the week, the National Committee for Ecology and Climate Change said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his 74th birthday during a telephone call today, the president’s press service said.

A driver who filmed a traffic police officer and posted the footage online has been sentenced to seven days in prison in the Chiroqchi district of Kashkadarya province, according to the provincial Traffic Safety Department.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved a proposal on Tuesday to increase the baseline electricity consumption quota from 200 to 350 kWh per month during the heating season for non-gasified territories and areas lacking gas supply. The decision was announced by the Presidential Press Service following an October 6 meeting focused on winter social support initiatives.

Students of Tashkent State Technical University have been evicted from a student dormitory built under a public-private partnership at the university, Kun.uz reported.

On October 6, 2026, at the Residence of the French Ambassador in Uzbekistan, the Uzbek-French University and the France-Uzbekistan Economic Chamber, an association of entrepreneurs, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, aimed at bringing university education and the business community closer together.