50m-wide tornado sighted in Kazakhstan
One of the residents of Saryoba village in Akmola Oblast of Kazakhstan has managed to record a video of the huge whirlwind.
Namibia forced to roll back free condom programme
Reduced donor funding has forced the Namibian government to shrink the supply of free condoms.
Semey gardeners boast 'no radiation' mutant plants
Gardeners of Semey city in Kazakhstan believe that their berries and sunflowers are worthy of the Guinness Book of Records.
Mexico's poverty figures staggering: Amnesty
Mexico's enormous and worsening poverty figures underscore that authorities have not made fighting it a top priority.
Astana airport fined for leaking kerosene into Yessil river
Astana international airport was fined over 13 million tenge ($87 thousand).
Almaty universities to be merged
42 universities will be merged into 10 in Almaty, the largest southern city of Kazakhstan.
'World citizen' pioneer Garry Davis dies
Peace activist Garry Davis, who dramatically renounced his US citizenship in the dark days of the Cold War and founded a government for self-declared "world citizens" like himself, has died.
Pope Francis: 'Who am I to judge' gays?
Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, declaring that it is not his place to judge them -- while also condemning the Vatican's reported gay lobby as a "serious problem".