The government of China's Shaanxi province has allocated $1.8 million in educational grants for Uzbek youth.

The highest rate of alimony payments by women is in Samarkand region, followed by Fergana, Surkhandarya, and Andijan regions.

In January-June 2025, 204 people were acquitted and rehabilitated by courts in Uzbekistan. This was reported by the Supreme Court Information Service. For comparison, in the first half of 2024, 465 people were acquitted. This figure is 2.5 times more than in the first half of this year. According to statistics, 564 people were acquitted in the first six months of 2023, and 468 people in the same period of 2022.

In Kabul, Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov met with Afghan Prime Minister Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund. During the meeting, issues of trade, humanitarian cooperation, and the development of regional connectivity were discussed, including the pending agreement on the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan railway.

On May 29, Tagizadeh told a meeting of the regional parliament that Uzbek migrants were returning to "their historical homeland" in Yugra. He added that Yugra and part of the Tyumen region were once part of the Siberian Khanate. According to Kommersant, the deputy's decision caused a huge public outcry. At first, he was investigated on suspicion of extremism, and then deprived of his salary. However, neither the prosecutor's office nor the Ministry of Internal Affairs found any signs of a crime in his words.

The first trilateral meeting between the foreign ministers of Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan took place.

It should be noted that in Uzbekistan there is no legal way for children under the age of 18 to receive religious education.

Yesterday, an explosion and subsequent fire at a gas station in the Kokdala district of the Kashkadarya region killed 4 civilians.

The Chinese government has allocated 70 million yuan from the central budget to expand its prisons disguised as "vocational training centers" in the southern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

In January-May 2025, 4.2 million foreign citizens visited Uzbekistan for tourism. This figure is 1.4 million (48.2 percent) more than in the same period in 2024.