Sources: BBC
Uzbekistan suspends the use of Russia's card payment system Mir. The move was supposedly warranted by the need "to carry out the necessary technical procedures" and was not related to sanctions. 2022-09-25
Protests occur in the autonomous Uzbekistani region of Karakalpakstan against a proposed constitutional change that would strip the region of its autonomy. 2022-07-1
Millions of people are left without electricity after a major power outage affects Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan's energy ministry reports that the power outage had been triggered by an "energy imbalance" in Kazakhstan's power grid. 2022-01-25
Atta Muhammad Nur and Abdul Rashid Dostum say that they are forming a group to negotiate with the Taliban and also say that surrender is "out of the question". They both said that they plan to meet Taliban representatives for a new government. Both men fled to Uzbekistan when Mazar-i-Sharif fell but have since returned to Afghanistan. 2021-08-29
Uzbekistan restricts entry into the capital Tashkent amidst a rise of cases in the country. 2021-06-25
A jury in New York convicts Dilkhayot Kasimov, a citizen of Uzbekistan, of terrorism offences for attempting to raise funds to assist a friend in travelling to join ISIL. Five others pleaded guilty in 2015. 2019-09-25
Uzbekistan’s parliament appoints Shavkat Mirziyoyev as interim president after the death of President Islam Karimov. 2016-09-8
A Catalan official says the 13 exchange students killed in Sunday's accident were 19-to-25-year-old women, seven from Italy, two Germans, an Austrian, a woman from France, a Romanian and an Uzbek. Twenty-four people are being treated in hospital with one student in critical condition, and six people, including the driver, in serious condition. Reports from officials indicate the driver lost control of the coach and crashed to the other side before running into an oncoming car. The bus driver, who passed alcohol and drug tests, is being investigated for possible negligent homicide as police seek to determine the cause of the crash. 2016-03-21
A federal judge in Alabama sentences Ulugbek Kodirov, an Uzbek national, to 15 years in prison for plotting to kill Barack Obama. 2012-07-13
Zhalalidin Salakhuddinov, the leader of the Uzbek National Center, claims that 200 Uzbeks have died in the fighting. 2010-06-14