Lake Issyk-Kul is an endorheic lake in arid Central Asia that is vital to the region's ecological sustainability and socio-economic development. Climate change and anthropogenic water consumption led ...

Surrounded by snowy Central Asian peaks over 4,000m tall, Issy Kul is the second largest high mountain lake in the world. The year’s brief but intense summer high season has just got under way ...

The judge could opt to delay the buyout further or block it on a more permanent basis when he next considers the legal challenge by the unions at a hearing on Monday.