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Pak PM scrambles for damage control after his office edits leaders out of SCO summit photo

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appeared to go into damage-control mode on Tuesday after his office shared an edited version of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit’s family photograph, cropping out several world leaders while keeping Sharif prominently at the centre of the frame.

The Times of India

PHOTO ESSAY: A peaceful Tajikistan prepares to mark 35 years of independence

It’s 5:30 a.m. and the bustle has already begun at the Panjshanbe Bazaar, one of the largest in Tajikistan. Vendors unload vans of cabbages. Pigeons flock outside the mosque next door. A portrait of President Emomali Rahmon looms above.

The Independent UK

Central Asia bets on ‘ecological solidarity’ as water crisis deepens

Beyond political signalling, the Regional Ecological Summit in Astana delivered tangible commitments. A total of 17 agreements worth over $2.3 billion were signed at RES 2026, with the bulk of investments channelled into renewable energy, waste management, and industrial decarbonisation.

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Tajikistan's president calls for global effort to preserve glaciers as melting accelerates

Tajikistan, home to the majority of Central Asia's glaciers, is urging global action as climate change accelerates glacier melt. At a high-level international conference in Dushanbe, President Emomali Rahmon proposed launching a major glacier study.

Euronews

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sign historic border agreement after decades of disputes

Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon and Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov ratified the deal on 13 March in Bishkek.

Euronews

China's Xi Pledges Support For Tajikistan 'Territorial Integrity'

Chinese President Xi Jinping promised on Friday to defend the "territorial integrity" of Tajikistan as he announced a boost to diplomatic relations with the neighbouring country on a rare visit.

International Business Times

Tajikistan And Russia Unite Against Terrorism After Moscow Attack

Tajikistan stands with Russia in fighting terrorism after Moscow attack. Leaders express solidarity and cooperation in joint efforts against terrorism.

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UN chief urges 'game-changing' commitments on clean water

The United Nations chief is urging the first world conference on water in more than 45 years to address the “21st century emergency” that is wasting the world’s most important resource and has left billions of people without clean water and basic sanitation

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin left humiliated as he is forced to be kept waiting at diplomatic summit

Vladimir Putin was left waiting at the sixth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), a summit in Astana, Kazakhstan

Daily Mirror

Saudi FM Holds Talks with Tajikistan’s President in Dushanbe

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held talks on Monday with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe. Discussions focused on bilateral relations between their countries and the latest international developments. Prince Faisal conveyed to Rahmon the greetings of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Trade Blame for Ceasefire Violations

The ex-Soviet republics of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in Central Asia blamed each other Friday for breaching a ceasefire intended to end deadly border clashes. The two sides had agreed a halt to fighting and Kyrgyzstan said the countries' leaders had met and decided to withdraw their forces after clashes broke…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan report ‘heavy weapon’ use in border clash

Second outbreak of clashes in three days amid sudden rise in tensions on border between the two former Soviet republics.

Al Jazeera

Saudi King Receives Written Message from Tajikistan’s President

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, received on Sunday a written message from Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The message dealt with the strong and solid bilateral relations that bind the two countries and peoples, and ways to support…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Drones sign of strong Iran-Tajik relations as Tehran looks east

Iran and Tajikistan are strengthening ties as they look warily at Afghanistan.

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Iranian, Tajik Presidents Discuss Afghanistan

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held talks in Tehran on Monday with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. Discussions focused on the situation in neighboring Afghanistan. Raisi said both countries want stability and security in Afghanistan and throughout the region and consider the presence of terrorists in this country very worrying. The two…

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Twenty-five ethnic Pamiris killed by security forces in Tajikistan protests

Escalating tensions erupt into regime-backed violence against the minority group in the autonomous region of Gorno-Badakhshan

Daily Mirror

Putin's manic body movements in official meeting questioned as health rumours deepen

Vladimir Putin continually moved hit feet during a meeting with the Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon in Moscow as fresh health questions were raised about the Russian leader

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt, Tajikistan Agree to Boost Cooperation, Combat Terrorism

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon agreed to enhance security cooperation, especially in fighting terrorism. This came during their meeting at the al-Ittihadiya Palace on Thursday. During the meeting, the two leaders discussed cooperation in training and technical support programs that Egypt provides to…

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