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Uzbekistan state TV has announced the death of President Islam Karimov, ending days of speculation that the only post-independence leader of Central Asia's most populous country had already died.
Uzbekistan has claimed a disputed part of the border with Kyrgyzstan as "Uzbek territory," adding that four Kyrgyz citizens detained there "were illegally present in Uzbekistan."
Uzbek state television has edited a statement by weightlifter Ruslan Nurudinov in a report covering his victory at the Rio Olympics, cutting out a traditional phrase praising God.
Authorities in Ukraine say they have detained an Uzbek citizen believed to have been fighting alongside Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk.
Bearded soccer fans in the Uzbek city of Bukhara say they were not allowed to enter a stadium to watch a match until they shaved off their facial hair.
An Uzbek imam is facing embezzlement charges for allegedly misusing mosque donations to build a chicken coop.
Parents in Uzbekistan have been given an official list of activities their children are not allowed to do during the summer holidays.
A massive mudslide that covered a road in Uzbekistan's eastern region of Namangan has killed five people.
Many shops in Uzbekistan have begun rationing Coca-Cola amid a shortage of the beverage and unseasonably hot temperatures.
A high ranking officer of Uzbekistan's National Security Service has committed suicide, the second case in a few months.
An appeals court in the Swedish town of Sundsval has sentenced an Uzbek citizen to life in prison, increasing his initial sentence of 18 years for an assassination attempt on an imam.
A court in Uzbekistan's eastern region of Jizzax has sentenced five men to prison terms of between 5 1/2 and 12 years on religious extremism, separatism, and sabotage charges.
The leader of a group that sparked an uprising a decade ago in Uzbekistan that ended in massacre and colored Tashkent's relations with the West died some five years ago, sources have told RFE/RL.
A court in Uzbekistan has begun the trial of an ethnic Armenian accused with four others of plotting to carry out "anticonstitutional activities" in Uzbekistan and of being sympathizers of the Islamic State extremist group, among other charges.
Uzbek authorities have canceled a controversial plan to demolish an ancient minaret and replace it with a fountain in the eastern city of Andijon.
A Swedish court has sentenced an Uzbek citizen to 18 years in prison for an assassination attempt on an imam.
An Uzbek suspect in the 2012 assassination attempt on an outspoken emigre cleric living in Sweden has gone on trial.
Germany says it will close its air base in Uzbekistan, shutting the last Western military installation in former Soviet Central Asia.
Farmers in Uzbekistan say they were told to glue cotton back to bolls to impress the visiting prime minister with a fake image of an abundant harvest.
An arrested former top Uzbek security official who oversaw corruption investigations into the activities of presidential daughter Gulnara Karimova has been put under house arrest.
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