For many countries, COVID-19 has been a grim wake-up call. The ongoing crisis is holding a mirror to society’s problems, while the devastating effects are testing government systems in unprecedented ...

Uzbek singers are crooning their unhappiness at an official law limiting the number of performers at weddings -- part of new regulations aimed at curbing big spending at the often mammoth nuptial ...

When the Uzbek government recently eased its coronavirus restrictions and allowed wedding parties to be held -- though for just 30 people -- thousands of couples rushed to the registry offices for ...

KOMOROVO, Tajikistan -- Night was falling across the Ferghana Valley in northern Tajikistan, and when the sun rose again 27-year-old Anvar Aliev was due to be married. Anvar had seen his wife-to-be ...