Afghan election race kicks off as nominations open
Candidate nominations opened Monday for Afghanistan's presidential election, with a large field expected to register in the race to succeed Hamid Karzai as the US-led war winds down.
Kazakhstan’s President unveils the name of a new megapolis to emerge in Kazakhstan
“We have set a task to create another two megapolises, as well as a number of smart green cities”, President said when speaking at the Eurasia Emerging Markets Forum in Astana September 10.
Kazakhstan’s PM Serik Akhmetov to visit Paris
He is expected to meet Secretary General of the International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE) Vicente Gonzalez, OECD secretary general Angel Gurría and French PM Jean-Marc Ayrault.
Beijing and ASEAN in talks on South China Sea
A code of conduct for handling disputes in the South China Sea should be discussed "gradually", Beijing said after meetings with Southeast Asian nations, suggesting any agreement is still far off.
Strong Merkel starts final vote drive wary of allies' woes
German Chancellor Angela Merkel launches a final week of election campaigning Monday with the wind at her back after a resounding victory for her conservatives in a Bavarian state poll.
Orphans from Kazakhstan traded through American online networks may be returned to Kazakhstan
Chairwoman of the Committee for Protection of Children Raisa Sher said that the children adopted from Kazakhstan who are among the victims of the American re-homing networks may be returned to Kazakhstan.
Four Chinese ships in disputed waters: Japan
Four Chinese ships entered waters around islands at the centre of a bitter dispute with Japan on Saturday with no sign of a compromise seen between Asia's two largest powers.
UN's Ban skeptical Assad will keep chemical arms deal
UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Friday he shares international doubts that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad will respect an international deal on his country's chemical weapons.
All will benefit from peacefull setlement of Syrian conflict: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan supports Russia's position of solving the Syrian conflict and passing Syria's chemical weapons under the international control.