Turkmenistan has increased its control over the lives of its people after the recent unrest in Kazakhstan, deploying police in residential areas and randomly checking people’s phones. An unannounced ...

The newly opened section forms part of the 600-kilometer highway, which features three lanes in each direction and a roadway width of 34.5 ...

Turkmenistan’s authoritarian president has called for the end of one of the country’s most iconic sights – a flaming natural gas pit in the desert known as the Gates of Hell. The crater in the village ...

By Carly Brant China’s leading international broadcaster, CGTN, aired an interview on March 24 with Turkmenistan’s paramount ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most isolated nations, officially legalized mining and exchanging cryptocurrency on Thursday in a major shift for the country’s tightly ...

It took over two decades, but Turkmenistan finally has an Olympic medal. Weightlifter Polina Guryeva took home a silver medal in weightlifting Tuesday, marking the first time an athlete representing ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan marked the 30th anniversary of its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union with a military parade Monday that involved thousands of people and ...

Turkmenistan celebrated the first national holiday in honor of its native dog breed on Sunday, with its canine-loving president awarding a best-in-show prize at a ceremony in the capital, Ashgabat.