Bursts of gunfire erupted throughout the evening Thursday in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, and with it came more uncertainty about the future. After bloody protests this week, the president, ...

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 ...

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 ...

BISHKEK -- Hundreds of activists in Kyrgyzstan -- which the United Nations has chided for having issues with gender-based violence -- have rallied to demand equal rights for women as they mark ...

KVN – the Russian abbreviation for Club of the Funny and Inventive [Клуб весёлых и находчивых] – remains a national comedy institution in many states of the former Soviet Union. Kyrgyzstan, whose ...

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 ...

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 ...