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Kazakhstan, Sweden, Bolivia, Ethiopia win UN council seats
Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov said 'we are very proud to be the first Central Asian country to serve on the council'.
01 July 2016
India, Pakistan edge closer to joining SCO security bloc
India and Pakistan inched closer Friday to joining a regional security and economic bloc led by Russia and China.
27 June 2016
Kazakhstan weightlifting team facing Rio ban over doping
Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus are to be suspended for one year by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
23 June 2016
Kazakh president appoints new administration chief
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev appointed a new chief-of-staff amid signs of a major political shake up in the country.
22 June 2016
Kazakh champion Ilyin among 10 new doping failures
Kazakhstan's double Olympic champion Ilya Ilyin and three other gold medalists banned for failing dope tests at the 2012 London Olympics
16 June 2016
Kazakhstan says all gunmen behind attacks arrested
Kazakhstan had detained all the remaining gunmen involved in a series of shooting attacks last week that killed seven people.
13 June 2016
Kazakhstan jails international expo organiser for corruption
Kazakhstan sentenced a former minister to 14 years in prison for embezzling millions while heading Kazakhstan's preparations for EXPO-2017.
13 June 2016
Kazakh president says deadly attacks organised 'from abroad'
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev said the perpetrators of deadly attacks in Aktobe city were acting on instructions from abroad.
13 June 2016
Russia to set up joint air defence system with ex-Soviet allies, including Kazakhstan
Russia continues working on setting up a joint air defence system with all of its ex-Soviet military allies, including Kazakhstan.
13 June 2016
Kazakh president orders 'strictest punishment' over deadly attacks
President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Wednesday demanded 'the strictest punishment' to the perpetrators of deadly attacks in Aktobe city.
08 June 2016
13 killed in Kazakh 'anti-terror' raid after shootings
Police in Kazakhstan said Tuesday they had killed 13 suspects in an anti-terror operation following deadly weekend attacks.
08 June 2016
Xinjiang residents must submit DNA for passports
Residents of a border district in China's mostly Muslim region of Xinjiang must now provide DNA samples when applying for passports.
07 June 2016
Kazakhstan manhunt after 'terror' shootings kill six: police
Police in Kazakhstan were hunting for up to seven gunmen on Monday after a series of terror attacks that killed six people.
07 June 2016
'Religious extremists' kill six in Kazakhstan rampage
Armed men suspected of being religious extremists went on the rampage in a town in Kazakhstan.
06 June 2016
What is a Kazakh investor like: profile
Kazakhstanis who venture into financial markets are mostly males aged 30 to 40+ from Almaty wielding a capital of 100,000 to 5000,000 euro.
03 June 2016
Tennis: Putintseva makes first Grand Slam quarter-final
Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final at the French Open.
01 June 2016
Nibali wins dramatic 99th Giro d'Italia for Kazakhstan
Vincenzo Nibali staring for Kazakhstan's Astana Pro cycling team secured his second Giro d'Italia triumph on Sunday.
30 May 2016
No work, no trade on empty Silk Road in northern Afghanistan
Hairatan, the only crossing between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, is an ominous bellwether of economic activity in northern Afghanistan.
25 May 2016
Romania's Senate speaker charged with lying in fraud probe
Popescu-Tariceanu is accused of making "declarations not in line with reality" concerning his links with several Romanian and Israeli businessmen who have already been charged, thus "hindering the course of justice".
25 May 2016
Pipe dreams: Kazakhstan's hopes of sports empire hit by oil crash
A quartet of state-of-the art, government-built stadia rise out of former marshland in energy-rich Kazakhstan's futuristic capital Astana, but the Central Asian state's soaring sporting ambitions have been shot down by the global oil slump.
18 May 2016