Ashgabat was rebuilt from earthquake rubble into a dazzling white marble capital funded by some of the world's largest ...

Ashgabat, the Turkmen capital with the world’s largest concentration of white marble-finished buildings, has unseated Hong Kong from its three-year perch as the most expensive urban centre on earth ...

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan's capital, captivates with its gleaming white marble architecture and unusually spacious, uncrowded ...

ASHGABAT — From a gas crater dubbed the “Gateway to Hell” to the shimmering marble buildings of its capital, Turkmenistan is ...

Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan, regarded to be the most secretive and isolated country in Central Asia, and where strict and confusing visa requirements means very few people visit it. It ...

To outsiders, Turkmenistan's capital has long had a reputation as a difficult-to-reach destination. But it's also gotten tougher lately for many of the country's own citizens. The website Hronika ...

OCA President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah delivered a speech as part of the Ashgabat 2017 Closing Ceremony ©Uwimanaclarisse/Twitter Berdimuhamedow was invited to bring the curtain down on Ashgabat ...

Iran’s Department of Environment Chief Ali Salajeqeh said the decision was made during a meeting with Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Rasit Meredov, IRIB reported. The two officials met on the ...

For the past few years, the Christmas symbol has been installed in the central part of the capital of Turkmenistan on New Year's Eve, drawing more and more street kids, a sign of the contradictions of ...

This essay is part of a series by American diplomats sharing their impressions of the dramatic early years of Central Asia's independence from the Soviet Union. These memoirs were written at the ...