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'Jihadi John': quiet football fan who became the symbol of IS From a quiet, football loving child to an Islamic State executioner, the man who became one of the most haunting figures of the jihadist movement remains a mystery even after being the high-profile target of a US air strike.

13 November 2015

Kazakhstan no longer attractive for expats because of tenge depreciation: Deutsche Welle According to German Deutsche Welle, sharp tenge depreciation caused some foreign workers, who came to Kazakhstan for better prospects, to consider going back home.

13 November 2015

Suu Kyi's party wins historic Myanmar polls Aung San Suu Kyi's party secured a landslide election victory in Myanmar, propelling the pro-democracy movement to power after a 25-year struggle against authoritarian rule.

13 November 2015

EU chief says reform deal with Britain 'very, very tough' Top EU official Donald Tusk warned it would be "very, very tough" to reach a deal on reforms Prime Minister David Cameron has asked for to help keep Britain in the bloc.

13 November 2015

FIFA approves five presidential candidates, Platini pending FIFA approved five candidates to stand in February's vote to replace Sepp Blatter as president of world football's governing body, but Michel Platini has not yet made the list.

13 November 2015

Facebook tests vanishing messages Facebook users in France were able to send vanishing missives with its smartphone Messenger application, ramping up the challenge to Snapchat.

13 November 2015

Growing obesity problem in Kazakhstan Obesity in Kazakhstan is becoming a serious issue. Nutritionists and scientists urge Kazakhstanis to reconsider their nutrition philosophies

13 November 2015

Canada PM and provinces to hash out climate strategy Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet leaders of Canada's provinces and territories to hash out a cohesive climate strategy a week before key international talks in Paris.

13 November 2015

EU mulls summit with Turkey's Erdogan in late November: sources EU leaders were considering holding a summit with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan later this month to seek his help in curbing migrant flows to Europe.

13 November 2015

Catalan president loses second attempt to secure new term The outgoing head of the Catalan government, Artur Mas, failed again to garner enough support in the regional parliament to secure a new term following a September vote.

13 November 2015

Cameron announces £9bn in UK-India deals during Modi visit Prime Minister David Cameron said British and Indian companies will announce deals worth a total of £9.0 billion during his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi's visit to Britain.

13 November 2015

Kazakhstan to cooperate with UAE in defense and space Kazakhstan plans to cooperate with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in defense and space industries.

12 November 2015

Kazakhstan's Kaspi Bank acquires status of bank holding company One of largest Kazakhstan’s banks Kaspi Bank has acquired the status of a bank holding company.

12 November 2015

Russia-Kazakhstan exchange rate policy implications discussed in Astana Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Massimov described the implications of the Russian ruble's devaluation in fall 2014 for the Kazakh economy.

12 November 2015

Geo-economy of Eurasian region discussed at Astana Club The first meeting of the Astana club has gathered over 50 experts in economics, politics, international relationships to discuss the geo-economic situation in the Eurasian regio

12 November 2015

Kremlin admits TV stations showed 'secret' nuclear torpedo plan The Kremlin admitted that Russian television had accidentally shown secret plans detailing a nuclear torpedo system in development.

12 November 2015

Australian PM seeks to repair strained ties on Indonesia visit Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made his first visit to Indonesia since taking power, seeking to repair a key relationship strained by repeated crises under his conservative predecessor.

12 November 2015

Greek unions in first general strike against leftist government Greek unions kicked off a general strike against fresh austerity cuts, the first under the leftist government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

12 November 2015

Hard-hitting Will Smith drama sounds alarm on US football Will Smith hopes his new film "Concussion" will jolt parents into realizing their kids' health could be at serious risk when they sign them up to play American football.

12 November 2015

Anti-monarchy UK opposition leader joins queen's inner circle British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn swore allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II after a debate over whether the left-wing republican would kneel before the monarch.

12 November 2015