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Supreme Eurasian Council sitting in Astana Russian Prime-Minister Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in Astana for the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Council.

25 September 2013

Brazil territory bans sales of toy guns A Brazilian territory is believed to have become the first region in Latin America to ban the sale of toy guns as the country attempts to staunch an epidemic of firearm-related crime.

25 September 2013

Separate Kazakhstan ambassador to Norway appointed Nursultan Nazarbayev has appointed a separate ambassador to Norway.

25 September 2013

Rowhani-Obama handshake was 'too complicated' The US and Iranian presidents, Barack Obama and Hassan Rowhani, came agonizingly close to a historic handshake on Tuesday.

25 September 2013

UN wrangles on Syria as Obama urges action US President Barack Obama on Tuesday demanded the UN Security Council take tough action against Syria, as Russia wrangled with the West over how to strip Bashar al-Assad of chemical arms.

25 September 2013

New Syria dispute clouds UN assembly Russia-US wrangling over a resolution to enforce the destruction of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons cast a shadow Monday over the start of the United Nations General Assembly.

25 September 2013

Egypt court bans all Muslim Brotherhood activities An Egyptian court on Monday banned the Muslim Brotherhood from operating and ordered its assets seized, in the latest blow to the Islamist movement of deposed president Mohamed Morsi.

25 September 2013

Nazarbayev congratulates Merkel on winning elections Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the victory of the Christian Democratic Union in the parliamentary elections.

24 September 2013

Kazakhstan hopes for Syrian war end after transfer of chemical weapons Kazakhstan hopes that the war in Syria will end after the country transfers the chemical weapons under international control.

24 September 2013

CSTO to supply weapons to Tajikistan to protect Afghan border CSTO countries will transfer their weapons and military vehicles to Tajikistan free of charge for protection of the border with Afghanistan.

24 September 2013

US, Iran foreign ministers to hold first nuclear talks In a diplomatic breakthrough, the foreign ministers of arch rivals, the US and Iran, will hold their first talks on Tehran's contested nuclear drive at a landmark meeting.

24 September 2013

US Navy moves to tighten security checks after shooting The US Navy said Monday it is pushing for more rigorous background checks after a review showed gaps in the case of a former sailor who went on a shooting rampage last week.

24 September 2013

Obama says he quit cigarettes for fear of wife US President Barack Obama said Monday that he stopped smoking out of fear of his wife, in an unwitting admission captured by a loose microphone.

24 September 2013

Global panel to make economic case on climate change Mexico's former president Felipe Calderon said that climate action can boost both developed and emerging countries as he led a new commission bringing together government and business leaders.

24 September 2013

Iran takes control of Bushehr nuclear reactor Iran on Monday finally takes control of its civilian nuclear reactor at Bushehr on the Gulf coast.

24 September 2013

Kazakhstan mulls introducing visa-free entry for EU countries Kazakhstan is planing to introduce visa-free regime for several European Union countries for summer periods starting from 2014.

23 September 2013

Swiss region bans full-face Muslim veil Voters in Switzerland's Italian-speaking region Sunday slapped a ban on wearing full-face veils, a move condemned by the country's Muslim community and Amnesty International.

23 September 2013

Nazarbayev calls Central Asia to solve water issues We need an open dialog on water issues in the region. Nobody will solve the problems for us. We have to come to a consensus ourselves: Nazarbayev.

23 September 2013

Kazakhstan's Akhmetov taking part in CSTO summit in Sochi Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov is participating in the meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Sochi.

23 September 2013

CU poised to unify duties on oil products The Customs Union countries - Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus - are working to align duties on oil products to tackle corruption.

23 September 2013

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