While in Astana U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs discussed NATO troops in Afghanistan
During the meeting we exchanged our opinions on regional security and stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan, in particular: Wendy Sherman said in Kazakhstan.
White men to head all committees in US House
US House Republicans, ruing a presidential election loss in which it failed to attract enough women and minorities, has picked leaders for the 19 committees in the upcoming Congress, and they are all white males.
Kuwait heads into polls at a crossroads
Kuwait stands at a crossroads as voters head to the polls on Saturday for a contest being boycotted by the opposition and with little hope of restoring stability.
Amnesty slams S. Korea for 'abuse' of security law
Amnesty International on Thursday accused South Korea of systematically abusing a 65-year-old security law in order to stifle debate and silence political opposition in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
Nazarbayev keeps berating Kazakhstan officials for bureaucracy
How can we talk about quality of services, e.g. in education, if a teacher spends third of his time writing reports: Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev.
Kadhafi called Nazarbayev to retain nuclear arsenal
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev suggested to disclose the letter of Moamer Kadhafi sent to Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry in 1992.
Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable ballistic missile
Pakistan on Wednesday test fired a nuclear-capable ballistic missile with a range of 1,300 kilometres (800 miles), the military said.
Kazakhstan and EU to sign expanded cooperation program
A bilateral extended cooperation program for the nearest years will be signed during the visit of Catherine Ashton to Kazakhstan.
S. Korea readies new bid to join global space club
South Korea held a final dress rehearsal Wednesday for its third attempt to send a satellite into orbit and join an elite space club that includes Asian powers China, Japan and India.