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Similar systems have been used around the world to encourage vaccinations. But under Georgia’s, you may be better off not being vaccinated at all.

Georgia’s mortality rate is among the world’s highest, and just under 6 percent of the population is fully vaccinated.

Iranians have been flooding into Armenia to get COVID vaccines, causing Tehran to complain and Yerevan to tighten the rules.

What makes Rahmon’s disappearance all very odd is that he is a particular devotee of the Nowruz spring equinox feast.

The surprise resignation has delayed the crisis, but there is still no end in sight to the country’s political impasse.

Mayor Emomali says city hall spent $1.14 million on bus stops.

Predictions of an imminent revolt may be wishful thinking.

The COVID-19 vaccination experiences of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia show that if you’re a small and poor country, you need to rely on powerful friends.

Any breakthrough in improving the lot of labor migrants will be touted as sign of his political heft.

The terminal state of the economy remains paramount in the minds of those wishing to leave.

Rights activists blasted the authorities' use of force.

A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.

The Georgian government’s strict, successful early response earned it political dividends. But with a new outbreak, that success is coming under question.

This scotches speculation his son was poised to take over.

Crowds are flocking to visit a new botanical wonderland that stands as testimony to the sway the billionaire chairman of the country’s ruling party holds over the nation.