New Finance Minister appointed in Kazakhstan
Bakhyt Sultanov has been appointed the new Minister of Finance in Kazakhstan.
Zhamishev appointed Minister of Regional Development of Kazakhstan
Bolat Zhamishev has been appointed Minister of Regional Development of Kazakhstan.
Kerry seeks to rescue Israeli-Palestinian peace process
US Secretary of State John Kerry will hold talks Wednesday with Israeli and Palestinian leaders to try to keep the peace process from collapsing, urging them to reach a long-elusive deal.
New York ends Bloomberg era, elects liberal de Blasio as mayor
Voters in New York picked Bill de Blasio to be the city's first Democratic mayor in a generation, in one of a handful of elections seen as having considerable national importance.
International organizations compromise Central Asian integration
According to Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Kazakhstan Marat Shaikhutdinov, external players are more concerned with the integration of Central Asia than the region itself is.
Chairman of Kazakhstan Religious Agency appointed
A new chairman of the Agency for Religious Affairs of Kazakhstan has been appointed.
Syrian regime says not going to Geneva talks to hand over power
The Syrian regime will not attend a proposed Geneva peace conference if the aim is for President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power, the country's information minister said Monday.
No clemency for Snowden says Obama aide, US lawmakers
A senior White House aide and top US lawmakers on Sunday rejected intelligence leaker Edward Snowden's request for clemency following his disclosures of widespread government surveillance.
John Ordway discusses Kazakhstan-US relations with Marat Tazhin
Kazakhstan Secretary of State Marat Tazhin received the US Charge d'Affaires John Ordway.