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China court hears first gay 'conversion therapy' case A Beijing court began hearing a landmark case on "gay conversion" treatment Thursday, as an activist in a nurse's uniform knelt over a patient, wielding a giant needle, outside.

31 July 2014

George W. Bush writes bio of his US president dad Former US president George W. Bush has written a "personal biography" of his presidential father, said Crown publishers, which announced it will release the book in November.

31 July 2014

Former aide to Britain's Prince Philip charged with sex abuse The former personal assistant of Britain's Prince Philip has been charged with sexually abusing a girl while he was working for the royal family in the 1970s, prosecutors said.

31 July 2014

Mexico ex-governor's son faces questions over cartel meet The son of a former Mexican governor said he will obey an order to testify before prosecutors after a video surfaced of him meeting over beers with a drug baron.

31 July 2014

Ex-spy Litvinenko death inquiry to open in Britain Britain will formally open an inquiry into the radioactive poisoning of Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko in a case that threatens to increase tensions with Moscow amid the crisis in Ukraine.

31 July 2014

Argentina faces default as 'vulture fund' talks fail Last-ditch talks between Argentina and the US hedge funds it has branded "vultures" failed to reach agreement Wednesday, effectively pushing the country into default.

31 July 2014

Beef exporter confidence returns in land of the holy cow When Hindu hardliner Narendra Modi attacked India's huge beef exports while campaigning to be premier, producers feared bad times ahead for the industry in the land where cows are sacred.

31 July 2014

Toasts and tears of joy as Germany started WWI It is past dusk when Wilhelm II uncorks the sparkling wine for his top army brass on August 1, 1914.

31 July 2014

Uighur group says nearly 100 casualties in China clash A clash in Xinjiang, home to China's mostly Muslim Uighur minority, left nearly 100 people dead or wounded, an exile group said Wednesday after what authorities called a "terror attack" on a police station and township.

31 July 2014

Oil production at Kashagan to be resumed in 2016: Kazakhstan’s Oil Minister According to him, at Kashagan both the oil and gas pipes have to be fully changed. 200 km of pipes have to be purchased to replace the damaged pipes.

31 July 2014

Development of Almaty city master plan postponed Development of a new master plan of Almaty city will be completed in the end of 2015, a year later than planned.

30 July 2014

Chinese ready to help Kazakhs with Silk Road tourism development project Chinese officials in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region declared their willingness to help Kazakhstan with developing of a new tourism route along the Great Silk Road.

30 July 2014

Abel Sanchez talks Golovkin-Cotto fight WBA and IBO title holder Gennady Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez hopes to organize a unification fight against WBC champion Miguel Cotto.

30 July 2014

Astana-Borovoye toll road to bring $6.5 million in 2014 Kazakhstan's first 6-lane toll road Astana-Borovoye is expected to bring $6.5 million into the state budget in 2014.

30 July 2014

UN takes aim at Islamist oil grab in Syria, Iraq The UN Security Council backed a Russian initiative to bar trade in oil with Islamists in Iraq and Syria.

30 July 2014

IBF champion Sam Soliman wants to fight Golovkin to unify titles IBF middleweight champion from Australia Sam King Soliman wants to face Gennady GGG Golovkin, after the victory over Daniel Geale.

30 July 2014

Strong quake hits Mexico, one dead A 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico, killing an elderly woman who fell as she fled her home and injuring another woman who evacuated from a hospital.

30 July 2014

Kerry heads to India to end relationship rut US Secretary of State John Kerry forecast a transformation Wednesday in Washington's troubled relations with India as he headed to New Delhi for ice-breaking talks with new Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

30 July 2014

Cambodia court begins genocide trial of Khmer Rouge leaders Cambodia's UN-backed Khmer Rouge court began a second trial of two former regime leaders on charges including genocide of Vietnamese people and ethnic Muslims, forced marriages and rape.

30 July 2014

Suspected meningitis knocks down 160 in Astana Suspected meningitis forced more than a hundred people into hospital beds in Astana.

30 July 2014