The Latest Breaking News from Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan has assembled the kind of headline portfolio that marks an emerging market's arrival on the international investment map.

South Korea have outclassed Uzbekistan to claim a 6-0 Women's Asian Cup win and advance to the competition's semi-finals.

Unretouched triangular microlithic projectile points have been identified from their impact traces in the oldest occupation layers of the Obi-Rakhmat site in Uzbekistan, dating to 80,000 years ago. Their size corresponds to small arrowheads, which are directly comparable to those produced by Homo sapiens during an incursion into Neanderthal territory…

North Korea have cruised to a 3-0 victory against Uzbekistan in the opening Group B match of the Women's Asian Cup.

Day one of the OTP Group Tashkent Grand Slam 2026 delivered thrilling action. Hui Xinran claimed -48kg gold, Abe Hifumi stunned with the throw of the day, and Shukurjon Aminova secured Uzbekistan’s first gold. A bronze from Doston Ruziev capped a proud start for the host nation.

Once the world’s fourth-largest inland sea, the Aral has lost more than 90% of its volume since the 1960s and is now, largely a desert. At the Venice Biennale, a national pavilion will revisit the environmental disaster through art, folklore and collective memory.

Four years after the invasion, a poster exhibition presents Ukraine through symbols, colour and everyday life. Contemporary artists reinterpret heritage and resilience, offering audiences a cultural portrait shaped by memory, continuity and quiet defiance.

Central Asia is investing heavily in cultural infrastructure, from privately funded museums in Kazakhstan to state-led institutions in Uzbekistan. These contrasting approaches reveal how culture is being mobilised as strategy, legacy and soft power across the region.

After signing the Board of Peace’s founding declaration in Davos, the plan for Gaza will now move to concrete implementation. Commitments include reconstruction funding, infrastructure rebuilding and, in one case, troop deployment within the US-backed stabilisation framework for the Strip.