An explosion of a grenade in Almaty college in southern Kazakhstan killed a student. It also injured 12 others, some of whom remain in critical condition. But how could a real grenade replace a model in a basic military training classroom?
Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan but the ecological damage from the city's growing vehicle usage exacerbated by the lack of high-quality public transport hangs like a smog over the country's cultural capital.
PM Karim Massimov has gathered a swift government meeting to give specific instructions to state bodies on the implementation of tasks outlined in Nazarbayev's State of the Nation Address of November 11.
Magistrate in Malta has ruled that the criminal complaint against Rakhat Aliyev filed by two Kazakh bodyguards alleging torture cannot be investigated by Maltese police.
24-year-old Ainura Altynbekova became Miss Taraz-2014. She will represent her city at Miss Kazakhstan beauty pageant that will take place in Almaty on November 28.
Kazakhstani weightlifter Zhazira Zhapparkul has won a silver medal in the women’s -69 kg weight category at the World Weightlifting Championship in Almaty.