An alabai shepherd puppy. (Photo by Fotografbee from Pixabay via Courthouse News) An alabai shepherd puppy. (Photo by Fotografbee from Pixabay via Courthouse News) ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AFP) — ...

ASHGABAT -- Residents of the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat, say municipal authorities have intensified a cruel campaign to cull stray dogs and cats -- and carelessly kill family pets in the process -- ...

It hasn’t been since the president was rumored to be dead that Turkmenistan has earned this much international attention. And all it took was unveiling a gold-leafed statue to an Alabai shepherd dog.

President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife will receive two Alabai dogs, the national dog of Turkmenistan, gifted by Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, the supreme leader and Chairman of the People's Council of ...

ASHGABAT, April 25 (Reuters) - Turkmenistan marked a new holiday on Sunday dedicated to its national Alabai dog breed, to which its longtime leader has already erected a gilded monument and written an ...

Who’s a gold boy? The president of Turkmenistan this week unveiled a 19-foot, gold-coated sculpture of his favorite breed of dog on a bustling traffic circle in the Central Asian country’s capital ...

Turkmenistan’s longtime leader has unveiled a giant gilded statue of a dog on a busy traffic circle in the capital Ashgabat. Depicted standing proudly on a plinth, the gold-coated canine is an Alabai, ...

SOCHI, Russia – Russian President Vladimir Putin, a dog lover, received a top breed puppy as a belated birthday gift on Wednesday from Turkmenistan’s president who is keen to recover lost Russian ...

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, a dog lover, received a top breed puppy as a belated birthday gift on Wednesday from Turkmenistan's president who is keen to recover lost ...