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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.

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

This scotches speculation his son was poised to take over.

Votes are usually held in November.

The apology or recantation is uploaded to social media. Often, there is a pretense of the repentance being voluntary. But that is not always the case.

Most foreign leaders stayed away, but Putin’s Central Asian crew is a dependable lot.

Government troops are rumored to have been dispatched to quell the trouble.

Officials say 1,000 people have recovered in a two-day period.

Chinese workers rallied with a demand to be allowed to travel home.

Gurbati had been a target of a smear campaign by pro-government trolls.

Part 1 of a 3-part series.

As the confirmed cases quickly mount into the hundreds, doctors complain of lack of resources.

Critics are exasperated by the government’s passivity, warning that the reforms needed for Tajikistan to weather this moment should have been adopted “the day before yesterday.”