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Kazakhstan created its own Lapland Rixos Lake Borovoye is the first five-star hotel at Borovoye resort. 200 rooms are available for visitors of the resort.

25 December 2012 14:49

Thousands flock to Bethlehem for Christmas Thousands of Palestinians and tourists were flocking to the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site where many believe Jesus Christ was born.

25 December 2012 11:50

Nepal campaigners plead for killer elephant's life Nepalese animal rights groups pleaded Monday for the life of a lovelorn elephant which has trampled several people to death and is being hunted down by an army execution squad.

25 December 2012 11:04

Mayan temple damaged in tourist 'apocalypse' frenzy Tourists flocking to Guatemala for "end of the world" parties have damaged an ancient stone temple at Tikal, the largest archeological site and urban center of the Mayan civilization.

25 December 2012 10:23

Egypt waits on referendum results; opposition cries fraud Egypt on Monday was awaiting official results of a referendum on a new constitution reportedly backed by two-thirds of voters but which the opposition alleged was riddled with fraud.

25 December 2012 10:03

Chile volcano alert raised Chile issued a top-level red alert Sunday for its Copahue volcano, in the south on the Andean border with Argentina, as it rumbled to register a greater potential threat.

24 December 2012 12:11

Belize PM says debt deal reached with creditors Belize has reached a deal in principle with creditors to restructure about half of its unpaid debt after "long and arduous" talks, allowing the country to avoid default.

24 December 2012 10:23

Amazingly, world survives Maya 'apocalypse' A global day of lighthearted doom-themed celebration and superstitious scare-mongering culminated Friday at the temples of the Mayan people, whose calendar sparked fears of apocalypse.

22 December 2012 11:31

Media outnumber doomsayers in Turkish 'apocalypse haven' As the village of Sirince waited for what some say is an apocalypse from which the tiny Turkish hamlet will be spared, its streets were teeming not with doomsayers but a hoard of disappointed journalists.

21 December 2012 16:45

Kazakhstan beauty won Miss Photogenic at Miss Tourism World 2012 Russia’s Tatyana Maksimova became Miss Tourism World 2012, while Kazakhstan beauty became Miss Photogenic of the pageant.

19 December 2012 17:15

Earthlings head to nearest bunker, or bar, at 'world's end' Diehard doomsayers will be scurrying to the nearest shelter in fear of a Mayan prophecy of the world's end Friday, but many more from Delhi to Sydney will ring in the date by partying like there's no tomorrow.

19 December 2012 10:51

Hugh Jackman gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star Australian actor Hugh Jackman got a Hollywood double whammy Thursday as he was nominated for a Golden Globe and got his star on Tinseltown's famous Walk of Fame on the same day.

15 December 2012 13:35

McAfee back in US after Guatemala expulsion Computer software pioneer John McAfee was back on American soil Wednesday after being expelled from Guatemala, escaping immediate deportation to Belize for questioning over his neighbor's murder.

13 December 2012 13:10

The region doesn't want to depend on oil: Mangistau oblast Akim Akim of Mangistau oblast stated that the region should not depend on the oil sector.

13 December 2012 12:15

December 21: End of Mayan calendar, or end of the world? Gonzalo Alvarez, who had just arrived in Cancun for two weeks of revelry linked to a major milestone in the Mayan calendar, seemed reasonably cheerful for a man about to swallowed up by the Apocalypse.

12 December 2012 14:09

Impoverished Greek families facing uncertain future Blue-eyed Angelina had the misfortune of being born in Greece in 2010, just as the country became engulfed by an economic crisis that has deprived her parents, like so many Greeks.

12 December 2012 12:10

Experts comment development of Kazakhstan tourism UNESCO poll shows that 70% of tourists don’t need any facilities and would prefer a camping ground to a hotel.

11 December 2012 15:49

EXPO-2017 facilities will be used along Olympic village principles It is important to consider future use of EXPO-2017 facilities in Kazakhstan in advance: President Nazarbayev.

11 December 2012 14:00

Calm in Cairo after night of protest against Egypt's Morsi The streets of Cairo were calm early Saturday after a huge but peaceful protest overnight against President Mohamed Morsi, who has greatly expanded his powers and is pushing for disputed constitutional reform.

09 December 2012 10:31

Beijing to allow visa-free transit trips China will allow transit passengers from 45 countries including the US, Canada and all members of the EU to spend up to 72 hours in Beijing without a visa from next month.

07 December 2012 10:04