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The airline cancelled flights to the country last year, fearing its leased aircraft could be seized.

This time, the two countries are rowing over the provision of arms and the possible resumption of air travel between Russia and Georgia.

Kyiv has long taken a pro-Azerbaijan position vis-a-vis the conflict with Armenia. Now officials say that Armenia and Russia are using the blockade to try to steal attention from Ukraine.

Three years ago, Moscow's unilateral flight ban was intended to shock Georgia. Now many Georgians dread the resumption of air connections.

Polygamous marriages can grant women some financial stability, but no legal protection if they are abandoned.

An official has identified the new purchases as Aksungur and Anka UAVs.

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The state-owned electricity provider had been suspending supplies from 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily.

Police are enforcing an unwritten moral code that applies only to women.

In response, Beijing urged its nationals to leave Afghanistan. Then a Chinese firm signed a big new oil deal in the country’s north.

Temperatures in Kazakhstan are slipping to below -30 degrees Celsius.

The country’s revenues from oil and gas, on which its economy depends, grew significantly in 2022, a benefit of the sanctions on fellow hydrocarbon producer Russia.

McDonald’s exit offers the Kazakh beef industry food for thought.

Inflation has continued to rise despite six interest rate hikes over the last year.

Video footage shows Abdukakhkhor Rozikov's body covered in bruising.