
A meeting with an honorary journalist was held in Samarkand.
Muayyana Khodjayeva has worked at a number of media outlets and has also been active at the University of Cuba.

In 2025, a record number of journalists were killed worldwide — CPJ
104 journalists have been killed in the conflict zone, 86 of them directly attributable to the Israeli Defense Forces.
Zelenskyy, together with the European Union, imposed restrictions against 120 individuals and organizations.
New sanctions will also be applied against Russia, Belarus, the UAE, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.

Special conditions for passing through the Strait of Hormuz will be maintained for Russia and China.
An Iranian official mentioned Russia and China as Tehran's closest partners, emphasizing that these countries have supported Iran even during the most difficult times.

In Navoi, a traffic police officer who refused a bribe was awarded a $1,000 prize.
The father of a driver who was driving under the influence of alcohol offered a bribe to an Internal Affairs officer to prevent administrative materials from being sent to court.

Uzbekistan's state debt reached 47 billion dollars in the first quarter of 2026.
85 percent of this amount accounts for external debt, and 15 percent for internal debt.

Preparations have begun for the funeral ceremony of Ali Khamenei in Iran.
The date of the ceremony, which was postponed for several months due to the war, has not yet been announced.
