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Several workers at the Dushanbe International Airport have been fired after being accused of extortion by a group of Latvian musicians.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon is reshuffling the government after having been sworn in for his fourth seven-year term on November 16.
Emomali Rahmon was reelected on November 6 with more than 83 percent of the vote.
Two Tajik migrant workers have been found dead in Russia's Chelyabinsk Oblast, the victims of a suspected beating.
Hundreds of fans of popular Tajik rappers Master Ismail and Bakh-84 have had to leave a concert in Moscow after an unidentified gas was released inside the Moscow Hall concert arena.
An earthquake in Tajikistan has destroyed more than 100 homes and damaged hundreds more, though no deaths were reported.
A group of international observers said on November 7 that Tajikistan's presidential election, won in a landslide by incumbent President Emomali Rahmon, lacked pluralism and genuine choice.
With Emomali Rahmon expected to win comfortably, polls have closed in Tajikistan's presidential election amid reports of irregularities at some polling stations
YouTube and a popular nongovernmental online news portal have been rendered inaccessible for clients of some Internet providers in Tajikistan on the eve of that country's presidential election.
A member of the opposition Islamic Renaissance Party (HNIT) has been hospitalized after falling from the third floor of an investigative center in Tajikistan's northern city of Isfara.
Five presidential candidates in Tajikistan have rejected an OSCE report that criticized state-controlled media for focusing their coverage solely on incumbent Emomali Rahmon.
An interim report by the OSCE's election observation mission says Tajikistan's state-controlled media outlets extensively covered incumbent President Emomali Rahmon's trip to two regions and that posters bearing his portrait can be seen all around the country, while there's little sign of his rivals.
Russia's Interior Ministry has acknowledged an attack on a Tajik train last weekend, saying that hooligans were responsible for the incident in Voronezh Oblast.
The Tajik Journalists' Union has condemned the sentencing of a Tajik journalist to 11 years in jail for blackmailing and extorting money from a local woman.
Tajik citizens are now eligible to obtain three-year work permits in Russia.
Tajikistan's presidential spokesman has confirmed reports of Tajik citizens fighting on the side of opposition forces in Syria.
With the Tajik presidential election campaign in full swing, a member of the sitting president's campaign team has come under criticism for borrowing lines used by other leaders.
A Tajik court has sentenced a village mullah to seven years in prison on sexual misconduct and fraud charges.
Media reports have suggested the crash occurred during nighttime car races that involved a nephew of Amonullo Hukumov, the chief of the Tajik state railway company.
The report says China is home to 2.9 million slaves, Pakistan has 2.1 million, and there are 516,000 in Russia.
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