BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) -- A court in Kyrgyzstan has brought charges of corruption against the capital city's former mayor and ordered he be kept in custody for two months. Prosecutors said Monday ...

GENEVA - The UN refugee agency said on Wednesday that it has started airlifting 455 Uzbek refugees from Jalal-Abad and Osh in western Kyrgyzstan to the capital Bishkek, pending a further humanitarian ...

GENEVA, July 27 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has started the humanitarian airlift of 455 Uzbek refugees from western Kyrgyzstan to the Kyrgyz capital, pending a further humanitarian transfer. This ...

Heavy rains overnight caused floods in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, the Emergency Ministry said on March 22, adding that residences in several parts of the city were under water. Rescue and ...

The mob, apparently triggered by a video of a fight between foreigners and locals earlier in May, “went on a rampage” targeting mostly South Asian students while raging against illegal immigration.

Kyrgyzstan abolished capital punishment in 2007; President Japarov has suggested reinstating it as a way to confront horrific crimes against women and children. With violence against women and girls ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has brought charges of corruption against the capital city’s former mayor and ordered he be kept in custody for two months. Prosecutors said Monday ...