According to new amendments to Uzbek legislation, arrested persons will now undergo a mandatory medical examination before being placed in pre-trial detention.

This halal restaurant is notable for its location in the city center. The restaurant operates in a family format: no alcoholic beverages are served here. According to the founder of the project, entrepreneur Radik Minikhanov, the restaurant's menu includes dishes typical of the cuisines of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Chechnya, and Tatarstan.

Both chambers of Kazakhstan's parliament have backed a bill banning the wearing of face-covering clothing in public. The document has been sent to the president for signature.

According to the conclusion of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission's visit to the country,

Russian Education Minister Sergei Kravtsov, speaking at a session of the State Duma, alleged that history textbooks in the CIS countries have a negative attitude towards Russia. He said that this approach is especially true of the Soviet era. Therefore, the Ministry of Education is working with the CIS countries to agree on approaches to interpreting a common historical past.

According to the new amendments, knowledge of the Kyrgyz language will be mandatory for members of parliament, the chairman and members of the cabinet, judges of the constitutional, supreme and local courts, prosecutors, investigators, the national bank, law enforcement agencies and national security officers.

According to the new law, teaching a minor about Islam without the permission of the central governing body of a religious organization, as well as teaching a minor about religion in private, is punishable by a fine of 50 to 100 times the basic calculation amount, or up to 360 hours of compulsory community service, or up to 3 years of correctional labor, or up to 1 to 3 years of restriction of liberty, or up to 3 years of imprisonment. This document was approved by senators and sent to the president for signature.

The Kyrgyz parliament has passed a bill banning access to websites containing pornographic content.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that developing cooperation with the United States in the defense industry will help increase bilateral trade to $100 billion.

The Chinese government selects about a hundred local factories each year and takes them public. But behind this economic growth lies a horrific pattern of mass persecution, forced labor, environmental damage, and resource extraction into China's hinterland.