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Heritage catastrophe looms as war engulfs Old Aleppo As the battle for Aleppo closes in on the historical centre in northern Syria, heritage sites in one of the world's oldest cities are being damaged and experts fear the worst is yet to come.

24 August 2012 15:04

Haiti faces new tragedy as Storm Isaac swells Haiti braced for a cruel new battering Thursday as Tropical Storm Isaac swept across the Caribbean toward the shattered island, gathering strength and threatening to reach hurricane force.

24 August 2012 13:23

California declares state of emergency amid fires Authorities declared a state of emergency in northern California, ravaged by fires at a time when several other western US states are also fighting flames.

24 August 2012 10:30

VIDEO&PHOTO: Four major fires registered in Almaty today Besides Mokhnatka Mount in Medeu Gorge and the Botanic Garden, the smoke is also seen above the Almaty Airport and in Ainabulak region.

23 August 2012 19:36

PHOTO: Dry wood on fire in Almaty's Botanic Garden The fire currently covers the area of 2 hectares.

23 August 2012 19:30

US, Britain warn Syria against chemical weapon threat British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama warned they would be forced to consider a new course of action if Syria threatens to use chemical weapons on rebel fighters.

23 August 2012 18:26

US man charged for Obama death threat email An armed man who allegedly made a death threat against US President Barack Obama in an expletive-filled email was charged over the incident.

23 August 2012 16:21

Mokhnatka Mount near Almaty caught fire The area of the fire that hit the Mokhnatka Mount in the Ile-Alatau National Park in the vicinities of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s biggest city, totaled 18 hectares as of 09.05. a.m. Astana time August 23.

23 August 2012 15:24

Sane or not, Breivik's future is at Norway's Ila prison Regardless of whether an Oslo court sentences him to prison or closed psychiatric care, Norwegian gunman is set to spend his days at a specially-adapted high-security prison.

23 August 2012 14:50

Lifestyle

The rise of Alatau City: Air taxis tested in the city for the first time

20 May 15:53

Astana residents warned about the dangers of poplar fluff

18 May 17:48

How Eid al-Adha will be held in Kazakhstan in 2026

14 May 20:31

Articles

Poverty has a woman’s face. How patriarchy has driven Kazakh women into dependence and misery

28 August 2025 17:37

Dying art? A recipe to save Hong Kong's handmade dim sum

25 December 2015 16:30

Rail life: history of trains brought to life in Brussels

25 September 2015 14:19

Aleppo commander's struggle for 'clean rebellion' With the thud of heavy machine guns, the whipping sound of sniper rounds and the smell of cordite filling the midnight darkness, the rebels almost didn't notice her veiled figure turning the corner.

23 August 2012 12:52

Israel arrests teen girls over hate attack on Palestinians Jerusalem police arrested two 15-year-old girls on Monday, bringing to seven the number of Jewish teenagers arrested in connection with a brutal hate attack on young Palestinians last week.

22 August 2012 17:41

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

22 August 2012 16:21

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.

22 August 2012 14:26

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.

22 August 2012 14:04

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.

21 August 2012 19:15

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.

21 August 2012 17:03

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.

21 August 2012 16:19

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.

21 August 2012 11:44

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.

21 August 2012 10:54