After a more-than-two-week absence from public view that raised concerns about whether he was alive or dead, Tajik leader Emomali Rahmon has reappeared. The Tajik service of RFE/RL reported that ...

Rahmon surfaced after an apparent 17-day absence on February 14. His stepping out of the limelight stirred up rumors of ill health. The problem with constant coverage of a president’s every movement ...

U.S. cosmetics giant Estee Lauder has filed a lawsuit against British entrepreneur Jo Malone, her fragrance brand ‌Jo Loves and Zara's UK business for using her name, the Financial Times reported on ...

Nightlife in Nigeria's economic capital Lagos can be very expensive with its table culture where revellers are divided into a multitier system and compelled to buy very expensive drinks. Young ...

DUSHANBE, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tajikistan's population stood at about 10.72 million as of Jan. 1, 2026, up 2 percent from the same date last year, the country's Agency on Statistics reported Friday.

The French DJ/producer Hugel has been on a tear. He dropped the hit single Jamaican (Bam Bam) at Dubai’s Playa Pacha in November. It’s still number-one on Beatport’s Afro House Top 100. As he took the ...

At just two years old, former Iranian-Canadian international model and actress Samantha Tajik left Tehran with her family, settling in Canada. With Iran under attack by the United States and Israel, ...

When we reached Khujand in northern Tajikistan in the late afternoon, the town was wrapped in a thick grey fog. Once a stopover on the Silk Road, little now hints at that past beyond the meticulously ...