In northeast Syria, Kurdish women are using music and performance to assert cultural identity, promote female empowerment and ...

EADaily, December 18th, 2025. Singer Nadezhda Kadysheva took part in the filming of a New Year's concert on one of the ...

Googoosh’s love songs are both banned and beloved in her homeland. Her new memoir reveals a life as rich and painful as ...

Kazakhstan is considering a legislative ban that would prohibit children under 16 from using social networks. An information ...

ALMATY, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Tajikistan has imposed restrictions on energy consumption, including for some industrial users, because of low water levels at hydroelectric power plants, authorities in the ...

Readers of this column know that Central Asia has been a particular focus in recent years. The region took on added importance with the end of the Afghan war freeing up the direction neighboring ...

YouTune-Google music chief Lyor Cohen and Jidenna at YouTube Music's "Future of Music and AI" event in New York. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for YouTube Music Before the discussion about the future of ...

On March 31, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev, and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov met in Khujand, Tajikistan, for a first-of-its-kind trilateral Central Asian summit.

With no political opponents, no independent observers and no critical media, parliamentary elections in Central Asia's Tajikistan this month have predictably been won by the ruling party of long-time ...

YouTube, long renowned for its vast video library, has quietly established itself as a formidable music streaming service. Its dedicated app, YouTube Music, offers a curated collection of songs, ...

"In 2024, the Tajik government reinforced its crackdown on dissent, jailing public figures, journalists, and bloggers. It also sought the deportation or extradition from other countries of people ...

YouTube on Thursday announced a new set of AI detection tools to protect creators, including artists, actors, musicians and athletes, from having their likeness — such as their face and voice — copied ...