Located along the right bank of the Ili River, approximately 128 kilometers from Almaty, the Besshatyr necropolis comprises ...

Editor’s Note: The Astana Times continues its Forgotten Cities of the Silk Road series, exploring Kazakhstan’s tentative ...

The five ‘Stans’, independent nations since 1991, are influenced by their neighbours, but distinctive and fascinating.

Meanwhile, Xinjiang’s tourism sector has reawakened after a long hibernation. The region boasts over 2,000 historical and ...

Xi'an, once the imperial capital of 13 ancient dynasties, marked the starting point of the Silk Road and is considered one of ...

As tensions rise in the Caspian region, Kazakhstan’s nonproliferation legacy and multi-vector diplomacy uniquely position it to mediate with Iran and maintain regional stability amid nuclear and ...

At the seventeenth BRICS+ Summit in Brazil this July, Uzbekistan was granted official partner country status—alongside ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 23. Azerbaijan participated in the Global Forum on Youth Development-2025 held under the slogan ...

Experts at the 2025 SCO Inter-Civilizational Dialogue, held in Tianjin on Wednesday, highlighted China's pioneering role in ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan , July 26. President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov received the credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic ...

Visitors try pizza at the "Thailand Day" event held by Pizza Hut during the third China International Supply Chain Expo in ...