SONG-KÖL LAKE, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — For equestrian riders, the endurance race known as the Gallops is the ultimate test of stamina and self-discipline. First hosted in India in 2019, the event challenges ...

* Estimated 1 million people in Kyrgyzstan need aid * Includes some 400,000 left homeless by violent conflict * U.N. to launch emergency appeal for $65 mln later in day By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 1 (UNHCR) - In a move hailed by refugees and UNHCR alike, the central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan today granted citizenship to 22 Tajik refugees in a ceremony held in its ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 16 (UNHCR) - A month after violence forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes in southern Kyrgyzstan, UNHCR estimates that some 75,000 people there are still ...

For centuries, the nomadic Kyrgyz people travelled freely across Central and South Asia, fording rivers and cutting across snow-capped mountains with their herds of livestock. Today they are stuck on ...