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Almaty, Kazakstan's commercial centre: the country has Central Asia's highest rate of internet penetration. (Photo: Andrei Shevelev/Flickr)

Kazak State Tightens Grip on Internet

Experts warn that online access will be imperilled if new laws are put into effect.

Mosque in Duisi in the Pankisi Gorge. (Photo: Onnik Krikorian)

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Identifying the Islamic State Threat to Georgia

Tbilisi rubbishes Russian claims that jihadists have set up training bases within the country.

Gazprom office building in Yerevan. (Photo: Photolure)

Shifting Energy Politics in the Caucasus

Tehran’s re-entry into the gas market is changing the status quo.

H1N1 virus has made the Yerevan population to wear surgical masks. (Photo: Photolure)

Armenia Hit By Swine Flu

Eighteen people have died as cases of the disease multiply across the region.

Abandoned houses are a common sight in the highland village of Mravaldzali. (Photo: Aleksandre Gachechiladze)

Saving Georgia's Mountain Villages

State hopes that incentives will stem the flow of people leaving isolated parts of the country.

Tough Times for Tajik Lawyers

Legal representatives of government opponents find themselves in trouble.

Shuttered: currency exchange offices closed their doors following the devaluation. (Photo: Vafa Zeynalova)

Azerbaijanis Struggle After Currency Devaluation

Amid falling oil prices, Baku has abandoned the manat´s peg to the dollar and let the manat tumble.

Armenian tanks on manoeuvre in Karabakh. December 2015. (Photo: Armenian president's website)

Armenia-Azerbaijan: More Talk, More Shooting

At rare meeting, two presidents agree that current escalation is a bad thing, but will they do anything to stop it?

Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan (left) with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin after signing the Eurasian Economic Treaty on October 10, 2014. (Photo: Armenian president's website)

Armenia Eyes Benefits from Russian-Turkish Crisis

Experts say that Armenians can gain politically and economically from increasingly fraught relationship.

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A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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Ukraine Justice: “Reporting the Story is Just the Start”

Journalists need training and support to properly cover war crimes trials.

Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

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Ugandan Women Pay the Price of Exploitation

Activists warn that vulnerable domestic workers risk abuse, often returning with serious health conditions.

Ukraine War Diary by A. Borden

Harsh Victory at Position X

Commitment, sacrifice and luck secured a vital early win in the south-eastern campaign, but can Ukrainian forces press on?

Sevim Kaya has been a bus driver for 16 years.

Behind the Wheel in a Macho City

Some women face Adana's male-dominated traffic chaos for a living.

Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist. © Anahit Zakaryan

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Recent murder highlights widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

The Israel-Hamas Conflict

Interview: The War on Disinformation

Open source intelligence (OSINT) can provide facts – but impatient, angry audiences often prefer opinions.