Attacks by unknown assailants entering Tajik territory appear to target Chinese businesses and workers.
Four men accused of participating in the ISIL-claimed attack on a Moscow theatre have appeared in court.
As the war enters its 584th day, these are the main developments.
Three days of rains cause flooding, landslides and mudflows, killing people in three towns in the centre of the country.
Moscow’s Ukraine struggles and neocolonialism have made its former partners in Central Asia turn to Beijing.
US secretary of state to meet with counterparts of five Central Asian countries on visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
No casualties were immediately reported following the quake near Sarez Lake bordering China.
Central Asian states keep close ties with Moscow, but younger citizens of ex-Soviet nations are questioning alliances.
Former Soviet republics are increasingly standing up to Moscow as Russia under Western sanctions looks to their markets.
Moscow’s traditional allies in Central Asia are quietly making moves that are likely to upset the Russian leader.
