BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – Authorities raised the stakes yesterday in a standoff with opposition groups that have seized control of large parts of southern Kyrgyzstan, with riot police breaking up a ...

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Police in the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan have arrested and charged seven people on suspicion of organising mass riots to overthrow the government ahead of local elections ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. OSH, Kyrgyzstan • Kyrgyz mobs burned Uzbek homes and cafes and slaughtered Uzbek villagers Sunday in the worst ethnic rioting in ...

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OSH, Kyrgyzstan - Ethnic riots wracked southern Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, forcing thousands of Uzbeks to flee as their homes were torched by roving mobs of Kyrgyz men. The interim government begged ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Kyrgyz authorities said Friday they have arrested a nephew of deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev and charged him with helping organize the ethnic rioting that tore apart ...

A Kyrgyzstan court has sentenced two cameramen from an investigative media outlet to five years in prison over alleged attempts to incite mass unrest and riots. Kyrgyzstan has long been the most ...

Ethnic riots wracked southern Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, forcing thousands of Uzbeks to flee as their homes were torched by roving mobs of Kyrgyz men. The interim government begged Russia for troops to ...