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Almaty gets new Mayor from Nur Otan Baurzhan Baibek has been appointed the new Akim (Mayor) of Almaty. Former Almaty Mayor Akhtemzhan Yessimov was appointed to lead the Astana EXPO-2017 steering company.

09 August 2015

24 million watched US presidential debate: Nielsen A staggering 24 million viewers tuned in to Fox News to watch the first major Republican US presidential debate, the highest-rated non-sports telecast in cable television history.

08 August 2015

UN condemns 'shameful' migrant conditions in Greece The United Nations warned that migrants landing in Greece were facing "shameful" conditions, with the crisis-hit country claiming it was unable to cope with the massive influx on its Aegean islands.

08 August 2015

Obama sees slight opportunity for progress in Syria US President Barack Obama believes Bashar al-Assad's backers in Moscow and Tehran may see the writing is on the wall for the Syrian regime.

08 August 2015

Turkish Kurd leader urges world to denounce 'unjust war' Turkey's Kurdish political leader Selahattin Demirtas urged the world to denounce Ankara's new "unjust war" on rebel Kurds and asked the EU to push clearly for a truce.

07 August 2015

Behind Trump bluster a tough Republican race takes shape Donald Trump took center stage at the first major Republican presidential debate, but a strong showing from less brash candidates revealed a strong field and a fiercely competitive race ahead.

07 August 2015

War veteran Kerry hails 'great story' of US ties with ex-foe Vietnam US Secretary of State John Kerry met top communist party leaders in Hanoi and hailed the former foes' transformation from enemies to key allies in the two decades since ties were established.

07 August 2015

Turkey's Erdogan ready for snap polls gamble Bruised by one of the worst setbacks of his political career, Turkey's pugnacious President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ready to play the card of calling snap polls in a high-stakes gamble that could yet backfire.

07 August 2015

Greek PM sees bailout deal after August 15 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and French President Francois Hollande agreed that Athens and its international creditors "can and must" reach a bailout deal after August 15.

07 August 2015

'No difficulty' for France to find Mistral buyers: Hollande French President Francois Hollande said there would be "no difficulty" in finding new buyers for two Mistral warships that had been sold to Russia before Paris scrapped the deal.

07 August 2015

Nazarbayev signs Kazakhstan pension legislation amendments Kazakhstan is getting ready to implement a new pension system.

06 August 2015

Kazakhstani popular tourist destinations open for foreigners again Kazakhstan government has revised the decree that made many popular resorts a special border zone requiring special passes. Foreigners will no longer have to obtain permits to visit them.

06 August 2015

Nazarbayev ratifies Kyrgyzstan's accession to EEU President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed the ratification of the agreement on Kyrgyzstan's joining to the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).

06 August 2015

Obama warns rejecting Iran deal would spell war President Barack Obama made an aggressive case for his signature nuclear deal with Iran.

06 August 2015

Hollande, Putin reach accord on cancelled warship deal French President Francois Hollande's office said he had reached an agreement with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on compensation for failing to deliver two Mistral warships over the Ukraine crisis.

06 August 2015

Kazakhstan to support domestic car makers upon accession to WTO Earlier the country’s media reported that as a WTO member state Kazakhstan is expecting prices for cars and certain goods to go down.

06 August 2015

Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus to practice so-called pensions exports Earlier Kazakhstani residents just withdrew their entire pension savings when moving to another country and managed the entire amount at their own discretion.

06 August 2015

Greece in 'final stretch' for deal with creditors: PM Greece is in the "final stretch" of talks for a deal with creditors on a new bailout, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said.

06 August 2015

Kerry urges Malaysia to do more on human-trafficking Secretary of State John Kerry told Malaysia's leader his government should do more to stop people-trafficking, a US official said, a week after Washington controversially praised the country's efforts.

06 August 2015

Vietnam mulls introducing visa free travel for Kazakhstan citizens Vietnam mulls introducing a visa free regime for citizens of Kazakhstan.

05 August 2015

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