Kazakhstan renders aid both to nations hit by unexpected crises and nations facing lingering crises
Recently Kazakhstan hasn’t been limiting its aid efforts to the so-called bilateral format
Mexico murders almost triple since 2005
The murder rate in drug-violent Mexico has almost tripled since 2005, government figures showed Monday, though officials did not specify how many homicides were linked to the country's war on drugs.
PHOTO: Military helicopter Mi-17 crashes near Astana killing 4
A Mi-17 helicopter crashed at about 8 a.m. today while performing training flights near Astana airport.
Prison or mental ward: what Norway's Breivik can expect
Norway gunman Anders Behring Breivik faces either a long stay behind bars or in a psychiatric ward, with his theoretical chance of release depending on the verdict handed down on Friday.
Attacks in Iraq killed 409 people in Ramadan: AFP tally
Bombings and shootings in Iraq killed at least 409 people and wounded 975 during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Bloody start to Eid in Syria: watchdog
The Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday got off to a bloody start in Syria, with at least 84 people dying across the country, most of them soldiers, and Damascus rocked by clashes.
Anti-Japan protests erupt in China over island row
Anti-Japan protests broke out in more than a dozen Chinese cities including Beijing and Hong Kong on Sunday as authorities allowed thousands of people to vent anger over an escalating territorial row.
Kyrgyz border guard kills five near Kazakhstan
A Kyrgyz soldier stationed near the Central Asian state's border with Kazakhstan shot dead four of his colleagues and the wife of one of them on Monday before fleeing in a car.
Down's Syndrome Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy
A Christian girl with Down's Syndrome has been arrested on blasphemy charges in Pakistan, accused of burning pages inscribed with verses from the Koran.