U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday he planned to visit the five Central Asian countries in the coming year, as he met their foreign ministers as part of a Trump administration charm offensive aimed at the resource-rich region.

Two teens from Andijan have been sentenced for carjacking and assaulting a police officer in Buka, the Zamon TV program reported in a story.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the US Representatives, Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.), Carol Miller (R-WV), and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) in Washington Wednesday, the presidential press service said.

Türkiye is mulling introducing electronic work visas for Uzbeks, Dunyo news agency said. Uzbekistan government delegation met with the Deputy Interior Minister of Türkiye, Mehmet Aktaş In Ankara. During the negotiations, the Turkish official stated that it would explore the possibility of granting work permits to citizens of Uzbekistan who entered Türkiye on other categories of visas, without requiring them to leave the country.

The Senate at its session on November 1, approved a law regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

On October 28, MPs at a meeting of the Legislative Chamber heard the Minister of Energy's response to a parliamentary inquiry regarding the development of renewables, the press service of the lower house said.

The president signed a Decree on October 30 reorganizing the Strategic Reforms Agency under the President of Uzbekistan into the Strategic Development and Reforms Agency.

As of October 1, 2025, Uzbekistan’s permanent population stood at 38,069,116 people, the National Statistics Committee said.

On November 3, a 34-year-old man stabbed his 27-year-old wife and 2-year-old daughter with a kitchen knife to death in Uzbekistan district of Fergana province, the General Prosecutor's Offices said. Reportedly, the stabbings occurred during a conflict due to the man's failure to pay alimony.

Uzbekistan will implement a new regulatory system in the pharmaceutical sector for a simplified procedure for registering medicines and medical devices, the Director of the Pharmaceutical Product Safety Center Alisher Temirov told Uzbekistan 24 in an interview.

Starting January 1, 2026, bills for solid waste removal services for individuals and legal entities in Uzbekistan will be paid exclusively online, the Agency for Waste Management and Development of the Circular Economy announced.

The Tashkent province governor office has posted draft presidential decree on the implementation of the Tashkent Medical Smart City project for public input.

Government posted a draft Measures to prevent accidents at gas stations and eliminate factors that threaten human life Resolution proposing to relocate gas stations by April 2026 that pose a threat to life and health of individuals and do not meet the public, environmental, industrial, and fire safety standards, as well as urban planning norms and rules, including protected zone standards to safe zones.

The European Union and countries of Central Asia are strengthening their partnership for education and skills to foster sustainable growth, innovation, and shared prosperity. This was the focus of the high-level meeting of DARYA – Dialogue and Action for Young People in Central Asia, held in Turin on 30–31 October 2025.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev has left Doha for Washington to attend the summit of leaders of the Central Asia and the United States Donald Trump in the C5+1 format, the Uzbek President's press service said.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev delivered an address at the second World Summit for Social Development today in Doha under the auspices of the UN, the presidential press service said.

Today on the sidelines of the second World Summit for Social Development President Shavkat Mirziyoyev today met with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, the presidential press service said.

The situation at M-25 (25 Years of Independence) gas field in the Baysun district of the Surkhandarya province is stable and under the control of specialists, the Ministry of Energy said in a statement.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed decree Monday introducing 30-day visa-free for US nationals starting January 1, 2026, the state-owned Uzbekistan News Agency said.

The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a government meeting today on countering cybercrime, the presidential press service said.