BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 16 (UNHCR) - A month after violence forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in southern Kyrgyzstan, UNHCR estimates that some 75,000 people there are still ...

The people of Kyrgyzstan have a well-earned reputation for “street democracy.” Since emerging from the breakup of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, citizens in the Central Asian republic have taken ...

Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security (UKMK) said on June 5 that it has detained six people, including two teenaged girls, in the southern region of Jalal-Abad for allegedly desecrating ...

In Kyrgyzstan, HelpAge network member, Resource Centre for Elderly (RCE), is running a vaccination awareness campaign and helping the government reach all older people. Svetlana Bashtovenko, head of ...

The latest deadly clashes on the long-restive Kyrgyz-Tajik border drastically alter the situation there and change how the two countries see themselves and each other -- with consequences for the ...

In a predominantly Muslim country, Catholics in Kyrgyzstan account for less than 0.01% of the population of 6.7 million people. The Apostolic Administration in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, made up of priests, ...

SONG-KÖL LAKE, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — For equestrian riders, the endurance race known as the Gallops is the ultimate test of stamina and self-discipline. First hosted in India in 2019, the event challenges ...

A couple of months back, Kyrgyzstan’s president called a family in the southern city of Kyzyl-Kiya to congratulate them on the birth of their fourth child and suggested a name: Zhakshylyk, meaning ...

Ever since Kyrgyzstan was consumed by its latest bout of political turmoil in the fall, law enforcement has been on a war footing, liberally detaining people they say are corrupt officials or members ...