Nursultan Nazarbayev meets former Israeli Prime-Minister
The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a meeting with the former Israeli Prime-Minister Ehud Barak.
Madonna hits out at Venezuelan leader
US pop icon Madonna hit out at Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday, accusing his government of "fascism" over its handling of nationwide protests.
China urges US to cancel Dalai Lama meeting with Obama
China on Friday urged US President Barack Obama to cancel a planned meeting with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
Astana to increase social allowances by 16%
Social allowances for Astana residents will be increased by 16% starting from April 2014.
Kazakhstan has no intention to change +7 dialing code
Kazakhstan has the same dialling code as Russia, but has no intention to change it.
Japan public sceptical on death penalty: study
Japan's public is less enthusiastic about capital punishment than government research shows, a new study has claimed, amid an acceleration in the rate of executions under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Australia PM 'won't be blackmailed' after bloody PNG riot
Prime Minister Tony Abbott Thursday said he will not succumb to "moral blackmail" over an Australian detention centre on Papua New Guinea, as graphic witness accounts of recent violence told of "blood everywhere".
Spain agrees extradition of Ablyazov's former chief of security
The Spanish government has approved the extradition to Kazakhstan of the former chief of security of a Kazakh banker-turned-dissident.
Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry to send a note to Russia
In his Facebook post, a prominent Russian politician Eduard Limonov advises the Russia’s Kremlin to consider annexing north regions of Kazakhstan after President Nursultan Nazarbayev steps down.