Turkmenistan is apparently having enormous economic problems. The country's system is so opaque that it is always difficult to know much about what is going on there. But the recent decision to scrap ...

Cambodia and Turkmenistan have discussed establishing direct flights and accelerating the signing of a Memorandum of ...

By Felix Light ASHGABAT, May 2 (Reuters) - From a brightly lit, open-plan office Azat Seyitmuhammedov runs an e-commerce ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most isolated nations, officially legalized mining and exchanging cryptocurrency on Thursday in a major shift for the country's tightly ...

Satellite images from May 2020 showed a roaring pit; recent accounts describe a much weaker flame.

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan, long one of the world’s most closed countries, on Friday adopted a law that will bring in electronic visas and make it easier for foreigners to enter. Since ...

Turkmenistan marked its 25th year of independence on October 27 and -- while life has always been hard for the some 5 million people in the isolationist, authoritarian state -- this year’s anniversary ...

The crater was formed in 1971 when Soviet drillers accidentally hit a large natural gas pocket and ignited it to prevent toxic gas release, but the ...

Is there a terror threat in Turkmenistan? That's the big question as the Turkmen government takes actions that appear to support the idea. The authorities seem more ...

Food rationing and shortages in Turkmenistan have been consistently reported in regional news since 2017. The Central Asian mineral resource rich country’s authoritarian government hasn’t officially ...