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Kukushkin wins Wawrinka in first round of Swiss Indoors Kazakhstani tennis player Mikhail Kukushkin has won the fourth best tennis player in the world Stanislas Wawrinka from Switzerland in Basel.

27 October 2014

Fearless Golovkin named in Top 5 undefeated boxers Fearless Kazakhstani boxer Gennady Golovkin has been named one of the best unbeaten boxer in the world.

27 October 2014

Plans to coordinate foreign policies with Russia alarm Kazakh senators Kazakhstan senators voiced their concerns over a clause on coherent foreign policy in the new Agreement between Kazakhstan and Russia.

27 October 2014

Headscarf ban in West Kazakhstan prevents girl from entering school A six-year old girl in West Kazakhstan cannot go to school because of the ban on headwear in the school's charter. Parents of the girl filed a lawsuit citing the Constitution but lost. They are going to appeal.

27 October 2014

Golovkin has to wait one year to face Cotto WBA (Super), IBO and WBC (interim) middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin has to wait for one year for a WBC middleweight title fight.

27 October 2014

Kazakhstan plans to reform heating industry Kazakhstan is planning to reform its heating sector to raise efficiency and lower the pressure on the state budget.

27 October 2014

Erdogan says Syrian Kurds 'don't want' peshmerga in Kobane Turkish President Recep accused the main Kurdish party in Syria of not wanting Kurdish peshmerga fighters from Iraq to help it fight Islamic State jihadists

27 October 2014

Borsa Istanbul to buy a stake in Kazakhstan's KASE Mid-September Kazakhstan's KASE signed a framework agreement on strategic cooperation with BIST; the agreement lays foundations for a long-term partnership, including through reciprocal purchase of shares.

27 October 2014

Afghan president Ghani on Saudi visit: media Afghanistan's new President Ashraf Ghani performed a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia and held talks with the oil-rich kingdom's crown prince on his first foreign trip.

27 October 2014

Hong Kong protests in disarray as vote on next move scrapped Leaders of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests abruptly postponed a vote on their next steps due to differing opinions about how to move the month-long campaign forward.

27 October 2014

Steenkamp was about to leave Pistorius: mother The mother of Oscar Pistorius's girlfriend believes that her daughter was about to leave the disgraced athlete when he shot her dead.

27 October 2014

New governor in Mexico state hit by student disappearances An academic took over as interim governor of a crime-riddled Mexican state thrust into the global spotlight by the disappearance of 43 students.

27 October 2014

Rousseff calls for 'unity, dialogue' after Brazil win Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff called for national unity after winning reelection in a bitterly fought race that divided the country.

27 October 2014

Islamic State recruits thousands from Central Asia: expert Canadian expert Rafal Rohozynsky claims that the Islamic State has already recruited thousands of Central Asian nationals.

27 October 2014

Estonian finance minister quits over Facebook comments Estonian Finance Minister Juergen Ligi announced his resignation after he caused a furore with Facebook comments seen as insulting to the education minister.

27 October 2014

Obama hails 'milestone' Tunisia vote Barack Obama hailed a milestone after Tunisians voted in an election seen as pivotal to establishing democracy.

27 October 2014

German police injured in clashes with far-right protesters At least 13 German riot police were injured in clashes with far-right hooligans rallying against Islamist extremism in the western city of Cologne.

27 October 2014

Kazakh fim wins awards in USA and Poland Kazakh film The Owners has been awarded two presigious awards, one in the United States, another in Poland.

27 October 2014

British cancer boy Ashya leaves Prague for Spain Five-year-old British brain tumour patient Ashya King left Prague for Spain.

27 October 2014

Orbital cargo ship readies for Monday launch Orbital Sciences Corporation's unmanned Cygnus cargo ship is preparing to launch to the International Space Station.

27 October 2014