Kyrgyzstan

Pakistan cannot afford to antagonize China.

The Quake Was Centered 26 Miles Southwest of Ferghana in Uzbekistan.

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called embattled Bashar al-Assad Tuesday to urge the Syrian leader to enact reforms in the country that is being torn apart by the state’s brutal crackdown against protesters, according to Agence France Presse (AFP).

Oxus Gold (OXS.L) laid the ground for a legal battle with the government of Uzbekistan over the future of its ill-fated investment in the central Asian state, wiping out more half of its market value on Thursday.

International Business Times spoke to Dilshod A. Achilov, a professor of political science at East Tennessee State University, in Johnson City, and an expert on the Middle East and Islam about the feasibility of Arab nations emulating the models found in Turkey and Indonesia. Here is part 2 of the interview:

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed revenge on Tuesday for a suicide bombing that killed at least 35 people at Russia's busiest airport and underscored the Kremlin's failure to stem a rising tide of attacks.

Socialbakers, which specialize in monitoring the Facebook platform, has revealed some interesting Facebook statistics. Perhaps the most surprising finding is that Japan, whose renown as a technology pioneer is unparalleled, is lagging way behind most countries in terms of Facebook penetration.