Turkmenistan News

Ambassador Wagan was traveling to Los Angeles when he was stopped by immigration authorities at the airport. A senior official from Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that he was deported due to an “immigration objection.”

India and Turkmenistan signed four agreements for cooperation. This is first-ever visit of the President of India to independent Turkmenistan. President Kovind is on a three-day state visit to Turkmenistan.

All five Central Asian countries are being invited by New Delhi as the Republic Day guest. The formal conversation regarding this started 2-3 weeks ago between the two sides, multiple sources have confirmed.

The U-16 side made short work of Turkmenistan (5-0) on the opening day of the qualifiers, and courtesy the result they are on an unbeaten run of 12 matches, a fact that head coach Bibiano Fernandes is extremely cautious about.  

Yoshida wants his young teammates to take advantage of the opportunity in the UAE to cement themselves in the Japan side.

 Isolated Turkmenistan's strongman Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov was sworn in today in a grand ceremony after securing over 97 per cent of an almost uncontested vote at the weekend.

A train pulling 46 freight cars completed the 3-kilometre journey from Turkmenistan`s Imamnazar customs point to Akina in Afghanistan.

Uzbekistan bade farewell to President Islam Karimov at a high-security funeral on Saturday, after his death plunged the country into the greatest period of uncertainty in its post-Soviet history with no clear successor to the iron-fisted ruler.

The ex-Soviet country, which rights groups regularly list as one of the world`s least free states, often carries out pardons ahead of major state holidays.

Shareholders of the Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Pipeline Company Limited on Saturday signed an agreement to invest USD 200 million in studies and engineering for the USD 10 billion project to transport natural gas to energy-hungry countries like India.

Turkmenistan has passed a law making HIV tests mandatory prior to marriage, state media reported on Wednesday, in a sign the reclusive Central Asian state fears the spread of a disease it has always downplayed.

First cargo train from China to Iran arrived in Tehran on Monday, indicating a milestone in reviving the "Silk Road", which has opened a new chapter of win-win cooperation between China and Iran.

The Vice President will also participate in events marking the 20th anniversary of Turkmenistan's status of permanent neutrality.

The Central Asian economy has already taken a hit from falling oil prices and the knock-on effect of international sanctions against their former Soviet master Russia.

The Indian senior national football team got stranded in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan because of bad weather.

The Indian football team had their first practice session here on Tuesday evening. The second practice session, the official one a day prior to the match, is slated for Wednesday.

Following three consecutive defeats in the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers, Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri believes the coming away match against Turkmenistan on October 8 will be crucial -- if India has to bag at least a point.

The Chinese city of Hangzhou was on Wednesday awarded the 2022 Asian Games, organisers and the official Xinhua news agency said, as Beijing seeks more international sporting events on its soil.

The TAPI gas project is an over 1,800-km pipeline with design capacity to supply 3.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per annum from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.