Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (Kazakhstan Railways) will launch daily Almaty to Tashkent service deploying high-speed Talgo starting December 14, the company said in a statement.

The MPs of the Legislative Chamber, at the November 11 meeting passed the bill on Islamic banking, the press service of the lower house of parliament said.

Uzbekistan's gold and foreign exchange reserves reached record high of $59.3 billion as of November 1, the Central Bank said in a report. In October, reserves increased by $4.34 billion (+7.9%), with total increase topping $18.1 billion (+44%) year-to-date.

Since Monday evening, Tashkent has been experiencing high air pollution levels, Uzhydromet said in a statement, and urged to take precautions: spend less time outdoors and wear masks.

Burger King’s first outlet in Uzbekistan could open before 2026, the owner of International Beverages Tashkent Shukhrat Ergashev told Uzbekistan 24 TV channel in an interview Monday.

October of this year was one of the driest and warmest on record in Uzbekistan, Uzhydromet said in a review. Across most of the country, the average monthly air temperature ranged within 1.5–2.7 degrees Celsius, which is higher than the long-term average. Both maximum and minimum temperatures were far from their extreme values and with significantly less rainfall than normal across most of the country.

Average life expectancy in Uzbekistan is 73 years for men and 77.5 years for women. Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at a meeting with healthcare professionals.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in his remarks at a meeting with healthcare professionals at the Tashkent State Medical University on Monday criticized the inefficient use of modern equipment and medications in public specialized medical centers, his spokesman Sherzod Asadov said.

Uzbekistan intends to attract the US-based Nvidia processor manufacturer to implement AI in education and develop AI infrastructure for universities, industrial and government sectors, the Ministry of Digital Technologies said.

The chairman of Uzbekneftegaz, Bahodir Sidikov, in an interview to Gazeta.uz, announced the discovery of a new abnormally high-pressure gas field in Uzbekistan, which had already shown high productivity in the initial stages of drilling.

The visit of the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the United States has laid the ground for easing the visa regime and boosting tourism, including through raising number of direct flights, theDeputy Minister of Transport Jasurbek Choriev told the Uzbekistan 24 TV channel in an interview.

President Mirziyoyev signed a decree stepping up the fight against drug addiction and organized drug crime. The decree has approved National Strategy for Combating Drug Addiction and Drug Crimes 2028. A number of unprecedented steps will be implemented, including up to 20 years of imprisonment for illicit drug trafficking.

The document on Uzbekistan's accession to the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage was handed over to the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna Sunday. During the meeting, the parties underscored that Tashkent had been swiftly taking on international obligations on nuclear safety.

President Mirziyoyev signed decree aimed at improving social protection of public medical facilities professionals. From 2026, medical workers will be entitled for an annual bonus on Medical Workers' Day in an amount not less than the minimum wage (now 1.2 million soums), to be funded by the Financial Incentives Fund.

As part of his visit to Washington, D.C., President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the Senior VP/Global Chief Procurement & Supply Chain Officer at the General Motors Shilpan Amin.

Uzbekistan will revise its Personal data law, announced President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at a meeting with US companies in Washington Thursday. According to him, Uzbekistan has adopted programs for AI development and digitalization.

The World Health Organization (WHO) in Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan unveiled a public mural titled “Sog‘lom kelajak” (Healthy Future) to mark the culmination of the World Health Day 2025 campaign “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures”, dedicated to improving maternal and newborn health globally.

Uzbek companies and government bodies signed a number of deals with US companies. The following accords were signed after a round table discussion attended by the President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick Thursday:

President Donald Trump hosted leaders of five Central Asian countries at the White House on Thursday as he intensifies his hunt for rare earth metals needed for high-tech devices, including smartphones, electric vehicles and fighter jets.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, speaking at the C5+1 Summit of the leaders of the Central Asian and the US President Trump at the White House in Washington on Thursday, highly praised the role of US President Donald Trump in advancing cooperation with the Central Asia. He also expressed hope that Donald Trump would be able to stop Russia's war against Ukraine.