Cyril Gout, the French Interior Ministry's representative, has begun his assignment in Tashkent, the Uzbek Interior Ministry's press service reported.

Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with Jun Kato, President of Onodera User Run—a Japanese firm specializing in recruiting, training, and placing foreign workers—in Tokyo. The minister announced the meeting on his Telegram channel, underscoring readiness to fully support the company's initiatives to provide stable employment opportunities for citizens in Japan.

Plans are underway to purchase 10 modern electric trains from the Czech company Skoda Transportation as part of an effort to modernize the suburban rail transport fleet.

A new bill debated by MPs proposes lowering the minimum age requirement for judges and lay assessors from 35 to 30 years old. The Judge Status Bill aims to codify the legal standing of the judiciary into a dedicated piece of legislation and further strengthen the independence of the judicial branch.

A bank loan officer in Kokand has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for murdering a client to steal his cash and attempting to cover up the crime, according to a report by the Millar news program.

Mirjalol Qosimov, widely regarded as the greatest footballer in the country's history, celebrated his 56th birthday on Wednesday. Now head coach of Almalyk-based club OKMK, Qosimov remains one of the most decorated and respected figures in the sport's history.

Officials in the Karakalpakstan's Muynak district have faced consequences after unlawfully confiscating 235 fish from an business owner, the Business Ombudsman reported.

The Foreign Ministry has issued a statement sharply condemning an attempted drone attack directed toward the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

Alisher Qodirov, chairman of the National Revival Democratic Party and an MP in the Legislative Chamber, has responded to the Cultural Heritage Agency's rebuttal of his earlier remarks, saying he will pursue a parliamentary inquiry or hearing to get answers to his questions.

Canadian media platform Visual Capitalist, drawing on World Bank and UNESCO Institute for Statistics data from 2022 to 2025, set out to answer a straightforward question: today, are men or women more likely to hold a university degree?

Uzbekistan has put forward a series of new initiatives to expand "green" cooperation across the region. The proposals were unveiled at the Korea–Central Asia Ministerial Forum on Forests and Climate and its accompanying Ministerial Dialogue, held in South Korea.

The country has secured first place among CIS nations for fixed broadband speeds in the latest Speedtest Global Index, the Ministry of Digital Technologies said in a report.

A driver in Qarshi, Qashqadaryo province, has been sentenced to 15 days of administrative detention after speeding through a residential neighborhood in a Damas van and ignoring orders to stop.

Tashkent's bus network carried a record number of passengers on September 15, the city's Transport Department reported.

Elmurod Najimov, first deputy director of the Cultural Heritage Agency, has responded to remarks by Alisher Kadirov, leader of the Milliy Tiklanish (National Revival) party, who argued that a historic house in Tashkent was not worth preserving.

The Africa Chess Confederation (ACC) has sent a letter of complaint to the Uzbekistan Chess Federation, the organizers of the 46th World Chess Olympiad, and FIDE's election commission over visa and accommodation problems affecting African delegations.

Addressing the first-ever Central Asia-Korea summit in Seoul, the Central Asian leader opened with warm praise for his host, thanking President Lee Jae-myung for organizing the landmark gathering and calling Seoul a city whose dynamism never fails to impress. The relationship between the two sides, he said, is not a recent development — Korea was one of the first countries, back in 2007, to recognize Central Asia's potential as a strategic partner, and the connection between the two peoples runs even deeper, tracing back to the caravan routes of the Great Silk Road. That history, combined with shared values — respect for elders, a strong work ethic, and devotion to homeland — has produced what he described as a friendship rooted in more than just commercial interest, with the region's Korean diaspora standing as a living symbol of that bond.

A resident of Sirdaryo province, identified as D.A., has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsperson), alleging misconduct by police officers, the ombudsman's press service reported.

From August 4 to 7, Zhu Huanli, Vice‑President of Yellow River Conservancy Technical University, headed a delegation for an educational exchange visit to Uzbekistan. The delegation paid visits to partner universities and Chinese‑funded enterprises to advance key tasks including the construction of the Dahe Workshop and the cultivation of international‑oriented talents. Persons‑in‑charge and relevant staff from the Foreign Liaison and Cooperation Office, School of Hydraulic Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and other institutions joined the visit.

Uzbekistan and Bahrain have discussed the possibility of launching direct flights between Tashkent and Manama. The matter was raised during a meeting in the United Arab Emirates between Abdulaziz Akkulov, chairman of the Tourism Committee, and Fatima Al Sairafi, Bahrain's Minister Of Tourism, the Tourism Committee reported.