Sources: Central Asian News
In Kyrgyzstan, the ban on the Islamic niqāb takes effect, with women facing a fine of 20,000 som ($230 USD) if they wear it in public places. 2025-02-1
Scientists confirm the discovery of the "Alpkarakush" "kyrgyzicus" dinosaur species in Kyrgyzstan, the first theropod from the Jurassic period to be discovered in Central Asia. 2024-12-25
Former Kyrgyzstan deputy Raimbek Matraimov is detained in Baku, Azerbaijan, and is extradited to Kyrgyzstan. 2024-03-26
Ulan Japarov, the nephew of Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov, is placed under house arrest for the remainder of his prison sentence after being sentenced for corruption charges. 2023-10-26
Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy announces that it will ban the TikTok platform in an effort to protect the health of young children. 2023-08-30
Iraq sentences seven foreign women for links to Islamic State. Three Azerbaijanis and one Kergyz receive death sentences while two Russians and a French women receive life sentences. 2018-04-17
China, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan conduct an anti-terror drill in the restive Xinjiang region of western China. 2011-05-7
Kyrgyzstani police arrest Akhmat Bakiyev, a brother of ousted leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev, in an apartment raid in Jalalabad. 2010-07-22
Kyrgyzstan's interim leader Roza Otunbayeva is officially sworn in as President. 2010-07-3
Interim Kyrgyzstan leader Roza Otunbayeva visits Osh and says the death toll from her country's worst ethnic clashes in two decades could be 2,000. 2010-06-18