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White House rejects Panetta critique of Obama The White House rejected claims by ex-Pentagon chief Leon Panetta that President Barack Obama is too reticent to take on opponents.

07 October 2014

At least eight killed in 'Boko Haram attack' in Cameroon At least eight people were killed in Cameroon on Monday in a rocket attack blamed on the Islamist group Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria.

07 October 2014

Quincy Jones honoured with top French award American record producer and musician Quincy Jones was bestowed with the Order of Arts and Letters, one of France's top cultural honours.

07 October 2014

Bank of social ideas launched in Almaty On September 2, i-Azamat project, a bank of social ideas, has been launched in Almaty to stimulate the residents to contribute to the development of Almaty.

07 October 2014

Bezos to integrate WaPost app in new Kindle: report Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos plans to tie the newspaper to his Amazon empire with a built-in Kindle tablet news app to reach a wider audience.

07 October 2014

Spain newspaper El Pais launches site in Catalan Spain's top-selling newspaper El Pais launched an online edition in Catalan.

07 October 2014

Russian 'bear' needs firmness and tact, says EU's Mogherini The European Union's incoming foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said that the Russian "bear" needed to be handled with a mixture of firmness and tact.

07 October 2014

Femen protest at Paris' Moulin Rouge nightclub Two members of the Femen feminist movement staged a bare-breasted protest on the roof of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris.

07 October 2014

Obama: chances of US Ebola outbreak 'extraordinarily low' Barack Obama said the chances of a US Ebola outbreak were "extraordinarily low" but vowed to press world leaders to step up the global fight against the epidemic.

07 October 2014

Divided Haiti prepares national farewell to 'Baby Doc' Haiti is preparing an appropriate send-off for former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier.

07 October 2014

UK police find suspect's body in hunt for schoolgirl's killer A body found in a London woodland is that of the Latvian prime suspect in the murder of schoolgirl Alice Gross.

07 October 2014

Pope accepts 'unfaithful' British bishop's resignation Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a British bishop who stood down after admitting to an affair with a woman.

07 October 2014

Brazil elections most talked about in Facebook history Brazil's elections inspired 346 million comments, conversations and other exchanges on Facebook, going on record.

07 October 2014

Ben Affleck defends Muslims on US TV talk show Ben Affleck has delivered a spirited defense of Muslims worldwide on a TV talk show hosted by a fellow liberal with little time for the Islamic faith.

07 October 2014

Trio win Nobel medicine prize for brain's 'GPS' British-American researcher John O'Keefe won the Nobel Medicine Prize with May-Britt and Edvard Moser, for discovering an "inner GPS" that helps the brain navigate.

07 October 2014

Astana cyclist Lutsenko wins Tour of Almaty Astana cyclist Alexey Lutsenko has won the Tour of Almaty.

06 October 2014

Zarina Diyas takes 37th place in WTA rating Kazakhstani tennis player Zarina Diyas has gone up in the WTA rating.

06 October 2014

Karateka Khrupovets brings final medal to Kazakhstan at Asian Games Karateka Yekaterina Khrupovets has brought the last medal to Kazakhstan at the Asian Games in South Korean Incheon.

06 October 2014

Nazarbayev says Kazakhstani companies should compete globally The President of Kazakhstan said some Kazakhstani companies achieved high regional standards and needed to aim higher.

06 October 2014

Nazarbayev speaks of Samruk Kazyna transformation President of Kazakhstan stressed the importance of transforming the country's welfare fund.

06 October 2014