Islam Karimov Dies at 78, Ending a Long, Ruthless Rule of Uzbekistan Mr. Karimov’s nearly three-decade reign was often described as one of the most brutal to emerge after the collapse of the Soviet ...

The death of Islam Karimov, the 78-year old party boss and dictatorial president of Soviet and post-Soviet Uzbekistan, a key strategic power in Central Asia, was announced September 2 in official ...

Above: Desecrating a New York City memorial, Islam Karimov lays a wreath at Ground Zero in March 2002, just about the same time that his prison guards back in Uzbekistan were boiling prisoners to ...

(Reuters) - Uzbek President Islam Karimov, who the government said on Friday had died aged 78 after suffering a stroke, saw himself as the protector of his Central Asian nation against the threat of ...

It’s impossible to discuss today’s Uzbekistan, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s “New Uzbekistan,” without making a comparisons to the old Uzbekistan, the country Islam Karimov built. The stories of ...

ALMATY (Reuters) - Islam Karimov, president of Uzbekistan for the past quarter of a century, was buried in his home city of Samarkand on Saturday, leaving behind a power vacuum in a nation that serves ...

Welcome, torturer!: Uzbekistan tyrant Islam Karimov and NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg in March 2002. You probably didn’t see this photo in American papers. Funny, isn’t it? If you’re a New Yorker who wants ...

MOSCOW (AP) — French actor Gerard Depardieu will reportedly play a part in the film based on a script written by the daughter of Uzbekistan’s authoritarian President Islam Karimov. Gulnara Karimova ...

Aides said Wednesday’s meeting was an effort to begin a new era of partnership with Uzbekistan, a country that is making its first fitful turns away from authoritarianism. By Julie Hirschfeld Davis ...