He was widely regarded as a builder of bridges between Muslim societies and the West despite his reticence to become involved ...

The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate ...

The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the world's millions of Ismaili Muslims and a major philanthropist, has died. His son ...

Sogdians on an Achaemenid Persian relief from the Apadana of Persepolis, offering tributary gifts to the Persian king Darius I ... called Sogdiana—modern-day Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and ...

(Berlin, January 29, 2025) – A journalist in Tajikistan is facing charges in what the Tajik government calls a “secret” case that could lead to up to 17 years in prison, Human Rights Watch ...

Russia’s 201st Military Base in Tajikistan is one of its most significant foreign bases, with an estimated 7,000 troops – although that figure is an estimate and invariably impacted by ...

Tamkin Mehrabuddin and her sister were preparing lunch in their home in Tajikistan when police officers knocked on their door. The two Afghan women were ordered to accompany them to a police ...

The Iranian ambassador to Tajikistan, Alireza Haghighian, also highlighted several events planned for the visit, such as a joint business, investment, and tourism conference that will involve over 300 ...