U.S. improving student visa checks after problems with Kazakhstan student
The U.S. will be improving the rules of student visa checks at border control posts after Kazakhstan student Azamat Tazhayakov was admitted into the country without a valid visa.
India PM says border dispute with China 'can be solved'
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday he believes a border dispute over an alleged incursion by Chinese soldiers can be resolved.
N. Korea border crossing shut to tourists: China official
The biggest border crossing between North Korea and China has been closed to tourist groups, a Chinese official said Wednesday as nuclear tensions mounted.
Border experts from Central Asia discuss regional security in Astana
The third regional meeting of heads of the border authorities of Central Asian CIS countries is being held in Astana.
Joint Korean complex running after hotline snapped
A joint South-North Korean industrial complex was operating normally Thursday, officials said, despite Pyongyang severing a military hotline used to monitor movement in and out of the zone.
Belarus jails border guard over 'teddy bear invasion'
Belarus has convicted and jailed for two years a border guard for failing to report that a foreign plane full of teddy bears had crossed into national airspace from Lithuania last July.
Two suicides in Border Service not linked: Kazakhstan Interior Ministry
These are separate cases, so we will investigate them separately: Kazakhstan Interior Ministry official representative.
Head of National Security Committee’s Border Guard Academy allegedly shot himself
The investigation is under way.
China may turn Kazakhstan into desert
Kazakhstan ecologist spoke about the consequences of China's diverting of transborder rivers to its semi-desert lands.
Illegal oil pipeline discovered at Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border
Diesel fuel oil was pumped through the pipeline that began in Kazakhstan and then run to the territory of Kyrgyzstan.
Kazakhstan and China to jointly construct anti-avalanches facility at Khorgos River
The agreement was reached during the 10th sitting of the Kazakh-Chinese Committee for Transborder Rivers.
S. Korea to deploy guided missiles at sea border: report
South Korea plans to deploy Israeli-made precision guided missiles near its tense sea border with North Korea next month, including an island shelled by the North in 2010.
Iraq to close border with Jordan, protests block highway
Iraq will close its border with Jordan on Wednesday due to anti-government protests that have blocked the main highway linking the two countries, a military official said.
Sudan, South Sudan meet to push security, oil deals
The rival presidents of Sudan and South Sudan met for face-to-face talks Saturday to push forward stalled security, oil and border deals, and discuss the fate of the contested Abyei region.
China will erect town on Kazakhstan border
A district-level town has been established at Alashankou border crossing at Chinese-Kazakhstan border.
Two wounded by Israeli gunfire in southern Gaza
Two Palestinians in their 20s were moderately wounded by Israeli gunfire on Monday as they walked near the border fence in southern Gaza.
Kazakh guard accused of killing 15 goes on trial
A Kazakh border guard charged with killing 14 fellow servicemen at a remote frontier post went on trial Monday accused of murder, damage of property and theft of classified documents.
Refugee crisis mounts as Syria air raids worsen
Hundreds of Syrians are streaming into makeshift refugee camps on the Turkish border every day, fleeing for their lives as the government escalates air raids on northwestern towns and villages.
Mexican pleads guilty in 'Fast and Furious' killing
A Mexican man pleaded guilty Tuesday over the killing of a US border agent that threw a spotlight on the United States' controversial "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking operation, prosecutors.
S. Korea activists release anti-North leaflets
South Korean activists floated anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border with North Korea on Monday, a week after the North threatened military action over a similar propaganda exercise.