Minister of Defense Bakhodir Kurbanov hosted the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Zakir Hasanov in Bukhara on Thursday, the press service of the ministry said.

Officers of the Department of Combating Organized Crime of Almaty and Shymkent freed more than 60 citizens of Uzbekistan, who remained in labor slavery among the local population, Polisia.kz reported.

With the support of the Spotlight Regional Programme for Central Asia, an expert dialogue was organized to discuss the scope, consequences and outcomes of the criminalization of domestic and partner violence. Legal experts, law enforcement representatives, lawyers and gender specialists from Central Asian countries participated in the dialogue.

Today, the Bostanlyk District Criminal Court sentenced former officer of the National Guard Sh. Sh., 30, the spokesman to the Supreme Court, Aziz Abidov reported.

Uzbekistan Railways, the Tourism Committee under the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, as well as the Italian company Arsenale signed a tripartite memorandum on the development and production of a luxury tourist train.

As part of the second day of his stay in China, the president Shavkat Mirziyoyev met with the CEO of the China Energy Engineering Corporation, Song Hailiang.

We strongly condemn this terrible act of violence and consider it a gross violation of the international humanitarian law, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Uzbekistan called on the parties to the conflict to immediately stop hostilities and cease the fire.

Official welcoming ceremony for the heads of delegations participating in the third Belt and Road Forum took place at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

EducationUSA, the U.S. government’s official resource for students interested in pursuing higher education opportunities in the United States, together with Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, opened the South and Central Asia Regional Forum at the InterContinental Hotel in Tashkent today.

The Biden administration has warned the European Union and several member states to crack down on travelers from some Central Asian nations, according to people familiar with the request, part of a broader effort to prevent possible terrorists from slipping into the US.

Today on October 17, a National Guard officer shot himself with a service weapon in the building of Almazar district prosecutor's office.

Today, president Shavkat Mirziyoyev held talks with the Chinese president Xi Jinping. The parties discussed the ways to further advance the Uzbek-Chinese friendship relations and comprehensive strategic partnership.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, having arrived in China today, met with the CEO of the Amer International, Wang Wenying, the presidential press service said.

State Security Service arrested officials of Tashkent province tax authority and the labor protection branch of Karakalpakstan redhandedly while receiving a bribe, the press service of the security agency said.

Today on October 17, a ceremony was held at the Preschool Educational Institution No. 35 of the Kushtepa district of the Fergana region to hand over the educational equipment provided within the framework of the grant program "Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects" in the amount of 40,814 US dollars.

The president Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his wife today landed on a working visit to Beijing, the presidential press service said.

Chinese firm could erect an indoor ice resort on 4 hectares in the Andijan province, the press service of the provincial administration reported. The name of companies that will be involved in the project was not disclosed.

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev at the 25th session of the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), which opened on Monday in Samarkand, put forward a number of initiatives aimed at deepening cooperation between countries in the field of tourism.

Deputy chairman of Uzbekistan Railways, Kh. Rakhmetov hosted the head of the transport sector of the World Bank V. Aragones.

The 10th meeting of the working group on media and information affairs of the Organization of Turkic States began in Bishkek, the Ministry of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy of Kyrgyzstan reported.