Australia closed to boatpeople: PM
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday announced that no more boatpeople will be resettled in Australia with all unauthorised arrivals to be sent to poverty-stricken Papua New Guinea.
Kazakhstan's state service reform concures with development of European countries
Kazakhstan State Service Agency is interested in the state service reform experience of Great Britain and the Netherlands.
US 'concerned' over detention of Chinese lawyer
The United States on Thursday called on China to release a human rights lawyer who has campaigned against government corruption.
Russia to give up renting Zenit launch pad at Baikonur: media
Russia will start transferring rented property at Baikonur cosmodrome to Kazakhstan with International Space Services company.
Mugabe blasts 'insane' US for vote criticism
President Robert Mugabe on Thursday rebuked the "insane" US for criticising his push for elections without key reforms and told it to keep its "pink nose" out of Zimbabwe's affairs.
Jubilant return home for exiled Cambodian opposition leader
Thousands of jubilant supporters welcomed Cambodia's newly pardoned opposition leader home from exile Friday as his party fights to end Prime Minister Hun Sen's nearly three decades in power.
U.S. reply to Kazakhstan about children at Ranch for Kids
The U.S. Embassy to Kazakhstan says that there are no Kazakhstan-born children at the Ranch for Kids at present.
New Belgian king inherits political timebomb
In Belgium's papers, King Albert II has been portrayed by the country's most fabled cartoonist for the past 20 years as just out of bed and lounging about in a dressing-gown and slippers.
Kerry 'closer' in Mideast talks push
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that his intense diplomacy in six visits to the Middle East was bearing fruit, narrowing gaps between Israel and the Palestinians.