ASTANA – International Peace Day is celebrated annually on Sept. 21. The Astana Times spoke with political analysts to ...

The Aral Sea was once the size of Ireland and surrounded by fishing villages. Today, it's a toxic desert because of Russian irrigation and hydropower projects ...

Here is the famous Steppe, the dry grass-land, the never-ending plain stretching across Eurasia from China to Hungary. Rainfall is too limited for trees to grow. The climate is harsh, with hot ...

After a recent renovation, it attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world to Khudžand, the country's second ...

The Aral Sea was once the third-largest lake in the world and home to a Russian Naval Flotilla. This inland body of water was ...

AEI Systems, a well-established British company that joined the SYS Group in 2022, has been producing 20, 25 and 30 mm medium ...

Near a wooden hut high up in the Kyrgyz mountains, scientist Gulbara Omorova walked to a pile of grey rocks, reminiscing how ...

Pollution, climate change and its overuse are threatening the existence of one of the most unique stretches of water in the ...

Explore the world’s most weird, wonderful and unusual lakes, featuring everything from jellyfish-filled waters to vibrant ...

The great waterway passes from the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, through Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and finally into the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan. Photo correspondent Petr Trotsenko, from RFE/RL's Kazakh ...