Czech national robbed in Astana
A citizen of the Czech Republic was robbed in Astana by three unemployed local men who were waiting for her near a currency exchange.
Japan police find 80 reptiles in one-room apartment
Venomous lizards and snakes up to three metres (nine feet) long were among 80 reptiles police found crammed into a one-room apartment in Japan.
Details of Kazakhstan nationals' arrest in Dubai unveiled
Two of the men arrested on the night of October 30 in Dubai were natives of Uralsk town in Kazakhstan: Asylbek Shukranov has been living in the UAE for 5 years and Kuanish Uteshev came on a tourist visa with his family.
13 Kazakhstan nationals arrested or missing in UAE
UAE Spec-Ops have broken into the house where the Kazakhstan citizens lived, and arrested 14 people including 12 Kazakhstan nationals.
90 arrests, trucks, buses torched in Sao Paulo unrest
One person was injured and 90 detained while trucks and buses were torched in Sao Paulo late Monday in renewed violence after police fatally shot a 17-year-old boy.
Myanmar makes biggest heroin bust this year
Myanmar police said Thursday they had arrested a man with 133 kilos (293 pounds) of heroin worth $2 million at local prices -- the country's biggest seizure of the drug this year.
'Every family has a black sheep' Kazakhstan Foreign Minister says about diplomats
Kazakhstan's Prosecutor General has initiated a criminal case against Kazakhstan's diplomats of the General Consulate in Frankfurt am Main who were caught smurfing cigarettes.
380 arrested in Moscow race riot
Moscow police arrested more than 380 people Sunday during a race riot in which nationalists outraged by a murder blamed on a migrant smashed shop windows and assaulted security guards.
Ukrainian christians address Kazakhstan ambassador in support of Grace Church pastor
AUC ECB has supported the 67-y.o. pastor of protestant Grace Church in Astana accused of inflicting severe harm to the health of one of the church’s members.
Obama says captured Libyan will be brought to justice
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday an alleged Al-Qaeda operative snatched by US commandos in Libya was involved in plots that killed hundreds of people and will be brought to justice.
British vans telling migrants to 'go home' ruled inoffensive
Britain's advertising watchdog said Wednesday that government posters urging illegal immigrants to "go home or face arrest" were not offensive despite hundreds of complaints.
Mali arrests dozens after disgruntled soldiers' protest
Around 30 Malian soldiers suspected of involvement in protests that left one wounded earlier this week have been arrested and turned over to paramilitary police.
Venezuela arrests 22 in Air France cocaine bust
Venezuela has arrested 22 people including eight military staff in a smuggling case in which 1.3 tons of cocaine were flown from Caracas to Paris on an Air France jet.
Court sentences French mother in prison child rape case to 20-yrs' jail
A French mother who held down her four-year-old son while he was raped by his stepfather in a prison visiting room was sentenced Wednesday to a maximum 20 years in jail.
Japan porn dealers arrested after catalogues sent to police: media
Six pornography dealers in western Japan have been arrested after mailing their catalogues to the head of Osaka Police Department by mistake.
Venezuela arrests three in Air France cocaine case
Three members of Venezuela's security forces were arrested in connection with the 1.3 tonnes of cocaine French police found aboard an Air France flight that originated in Caracas.
Kazakhstan official suggests arrests for domestic violence
Domestic oppressor who is fined often dodges paying it and it is often the case when his wife who was attacked by him pays the fine instead: Gulshara Abdykalikova.
Laywer who led to Ablyazov arrested in Moscow
The 37-y.o. lawyer Yelena Tischenko has been arrested in Moscow. She was the one who involuntarily helped track down the ex-chairman of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.
165 arrested, instigators face 7 years; Almaty Mayor makes statement
Mayor of Almaty city Akhmetzhan Yessimov held the second emergency meeting of Almaty police chiefs over the incident near Prime Plaza.
107 arrested, 16 seriously wounded in mob violence in Almaty
The police has detained 107 participants of the mob violence near Prime Plaza trade and entertainment center in Almaty.