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French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday hosted the de facto leader of Turkmenistan for rare talks at the Elysee Palace, with Paris showing interest in the vast gas reserves of the reclusive ...

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recommended that Nigeria be designated as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) due to deteriorating religious freedom ...

Of the 198 places analyzed, 24 scored “very high” in our measure of government restrictions, up from 19 in 2021. For social hostilities, “very high” score totals were unchanged.

Long-term analysis of 198 countries and territories shows government restrictions on religion and social hostilities toward religious groups go hand in hand.

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Turkmenistan's longtime leader has unveiled a giant gilded statue of a dog on a busy traffic circle in the capital Ashgabat.

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Two years after Serdar Berdymukhammedov replaced his father as president of Turkmenistan, hope that the younger man would reform one of the world’s most closed societies have all but evaporated.

Yet again, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan – alongside Saudi Arabia and Pakistan – have been granted waivers from sanctions related to their religious freedom violations.

Doha, Qatar: Turkmenistan narrowly edged out Qatar by a single point to claim the top spot in the points tally during the third leg of the 2023 FIBA 3x3 U-23 Nations League - Doha (West Asia).