Nepal issues first transgender passport
Nepal issued its first transgender passport Monday in a move which rights groups hailed as a breakthrough.
Denis Ten tells about his new hobby
Kazakhstan’s 22-year-old figure skater and Sochi Olympics bronze prizewinner Denis ten has told about his new hobby.
Friends in shock over loss of Russian free diver Natalia Molchanova
Russia's tight-knit free diving community has been left reeling by the tragic disappearance of Natalia Molchanova, who vanished last week during a dive.
Traveler from Kazakhstan tells about his trip around the world
He has been to 25 countries over these last six months. Arman Aubakirov told Tengrinews about his adventures and impression from the trip as well as gave advices on how to plan the journey..
Zuckerbergs share news: baby girl on the way
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, revealed on Friday that their first child is on the way after a series of miscarriages.
Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina dies at 22
Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only daughter of pop legend Whitney Houston and singer Bobby Brown, has died at age 22.
After 'Goodbye Lenin', a Berlin resurrection
Buried and long forgotten, the head of a giant Lenin statue is set to make a comeback in the German capital a quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
25 y.o. Kazakhstani programmer donates $2 million for cancer research
Having worked at Barclays for half a year, a programmer from Kazakhstan Askhat Murzabayev earned a little over $2 million and donated the money to the International Cancer Research Center.
Nintendo says CEO Satoru Iwata dead of cancer at 55
Nintendo said Monday that its chief executive Satoru Iwata has died of cancer at the age of 55.
Malala turns 18, says world failing Syrian children
Malala Yousafzai told world leaders they were failing Syria's children, as the Nobel Peace Prize winner spent her 18th birthday on the Syrian border.
Acapulco holds mass gay wedding on beach
Twenty gay and lesbian couples got married in a mass wedding on an Acapulco beach, one month after Mexico's top court all but legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Omar Sharif, the eternal 'Doctor Zhivago', dies at 83
Egyptian-born film legend Omar Sharif, who died aged 83, captivated audiences worldwide for more than half a century, but will forever be remembered as the eponymous "Doctor Zhivago".
30 couples simultaneously marry in Astana on July 6
30 couples simultaneously married in Astana on July 6 - the birthday of Kazakhstan's capital.
World's oldest man dies at 112 in Japan
The world's oldest man, Sakari Momoi, has died in Japan at the ripe old age of 112.
Britain's Princess Charlotte christened in intimate ceremony
Britain's Princess Charlotte was christened in an intimate ceremony, in the royal baby's second public appearance since her birth nine weeks ago to proud parents Prince William and Kate.
'English Schindler' Nicholas Winton dies aged 106
Nicholas Winton, a Briton who saved hundreds of Jewish children in Prague from the Nazis in the run-up to World War II, has died at the age of 106.
Ex-French interior minister Charles Pasqua dies aged 88
Former French interior minister Charles Pasqua, a hardline politician who was a close ally of former president Jacques Chirac, died Monday aged 88.
Primakov, ex-PM 'who turned around Russia,' dies aged 85
Russia's former prime minister Yevgeny Primakov, famed for turning around his US-bound plane over the Atlantic upon learning of NATO's bombing of Serbia in 1999, has died aged 85.
Composer for 'Titanic,' 'Avatar' dies in plane crash: report
James Horner, the celebrated composer for some of Hollywood's smash-hit films including "Titanic" and "Avatar," died Monday in a plane crash at the age of 61.