A new exhibition running at the British Museum explores the vast network of cultural and commercial connections that spanned ...

On the six-hour coach journey south-east to Bukhara, we cross the Amu Darya river, known to the ancient ... ears to make the finest paintbrushes. Samarkand, four hours east of Bukhara and near ...

The service will operate on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, providing affordable, hassle-free, point-to-point travel for ...

Abu Dhabi, UAE: Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the ultra-low-fare national airline of the UAE and the second largest airline in Abu ...

The six-metre mural was unearthed, almost intact, in the “Hall of the Ambassadors” in Samarkand — a major ... three continents by land, sea and river. Along them, ideas, religions, artistic ...

Moldovans from Transdniester who want to vote will have to cross the Dniester River into Moldova proper ... In October, a court in Uzbekistan's Samarkand Province sentenced a 56-year-old man ...

Uzbekistan’s cities Samarkand and Bukhara were major stops on the Silk Road ... It's also home to the Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia. Taiwan's status as both part of mainland China and a ...

Konigil village in Samarkand might be a wonderful finding. The place is famous for its unique traditions of handicrafts, the purest nature, shady trees, and the Siab River flowing nearby. But, perhaps ...

Uganda, Ethiopia, and eight other countries oppose Egypt and Sudan's dominance over the Nile River. United under the Nile Basin Agreement, they're challenging colonial-era treaties that have ...

A court in Uzbekistan's Ferghana Province has sentenced 51-year-old Alisher Xoliqov to five years in prison for mercenary activities with the Russian armed forces in a landmark case highlighting the ...

A Minnesota Boat Club eight-man scull plies the waters of the Mississippi River on a training row in St. Paul early Aug. 19, 2009. (John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi ...