The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on former officials and the head of the Mercy House, who were jailed for regularly raping at least three children of an orphanage in Urganch, for serious violations of human rights.

The First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Bakhromjon Aloev received the Ambassador of the UAE Said Matar al-Qamzi. At the meeting, the situation related to the arrest of male citizens of Uzbekistan at the Abu Dhabi airport was discussed.

A presentation of products under the Made in Turan brand took place in Azerbaijan. It was announced that the first products produced under the common trademark of the Turkish states will be national dishes and clothes.

A prayer hall for employees was established in the new building of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, opened in Bishkek. Kamchibek Tashiev, chairman of the National Security Council, who visited the department, called on the security personnel to work for the future of the country and not to break the law.

The German car manufacturer Volkswagen, which is accused of forcing the Uyghur Muslim minority into forced labor, has completed the sale of its factory in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (East Turkestan).

The Ostim Uzbek-Turkish industrial zone was launched on an area of 100 hectares in the Zangiota district of the Tashkent region. The cost of this project is 150 million dollars, and it is planned to build social objects such as a shopping center, a polyclinic, a school, a hotel, a scientific center for research and certification, and a vocational college that will teach the necessary professions for manufacturing enterprises.

A major crisis related to counterfeit dollars has erupted in Turkey. According to experts, there are about 600 million counterfeit dollars on the country's market, most of them in denominations of 50 and 100 dollars. The level of counterfeiting is so high that even ATMs, cash counting machines and many experts cannot distinguish a fake from an original.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazakhstan on a state visit. On the eve of the visit, the roads were closed in Astana, military planes flew into the air and formed the image of the Russian flag. The main topic of the negotiations with the President of Kazakhstan at the residence of "Aqorda" was the energy sector. The CSTO summit will be held in Astana today.

It was reported that the State Security Service of Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs arrested a 17-year-old boy and 16 of his friends who wanted to join ISIS. How can a young man who has not even finished school fall under the influence of an international terrorist organization? Is it because of ignorance or lack of control? Who is to blame for the young son of Uzbek entering this path?

The head of the MFA of Uzbekistan, Bakhtiyor Saidov, expressed deep condolences to the Israeli ambassador Gideon Lustig on the occasion of the death of Rabbi Tzvi Kogan. Saidov said that Uzbekistan is cooperating with the authorities of the UAE and Israel in the investigation.