Turkmenistan has begun channeling water across hundreds of miles to create a lake in the heart of a barren desert, state media reported Thursday, in a Soviet-style engineering feat that some experts ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) The president of the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan says he's going to build the first golf course in this desert nation. The ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) The ...

Turkmen leaders are determined to revive life in the country’s barren sands with a grandiose water project. The government is pumping run-off water from irrigated cotton fields and is channeling it ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — The Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan is creating a 770-square-mile lake in the heart of a barren desert. State media say water is being channeled toward the 230-foot ...

Nature enthusiasts in Turkmenistan can expect a treasure trove of wild wonders and tranquil landscapes across diverse terrain. A desert nation gifted with forest and mountain ecosystems that are fed ...

ASHGABAT, TurkmenistanASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Turkmenistan has begun channeling water across hundreds of miles to create a lake in the heart of a barren desert, state media reported Thursday, in a ...

Turkmenistan, a Central Asian country where sandy deserts account for 80 percent its territory, is prepared to pay 1 million pounds ($1,289,000) to British company Andrew Bowen Ltd. for 10,000 tons of ...

ASHGABAT -- A two-day international conference on the creation of a lake in Turkmenistan's Karakum Desert was held in the western port city of Turkmenbashi, RFE/RL's Turkmen Service reports.

The desert covers some 80 percent of the country and sees temperatures soar to more than 50C in summer and plunge to minus 20C in the winter. It is also home to vast natural resources, with ...

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – The president of the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan says he's going to build the first golf course in this desert nation. The country's state-owned Neutral Turkmenistan ...