Leaders, markets brace for German court's euro ruling
Germany's top court will hand down a momentous ruling on a new European crisis firewall Wednesday, in a decision with far-reaching implications for the future of the euro.
PHOTO: Camels freely roam Atyrau
Two well-fed camels have been eating off the plants around Torgovaya Baza bus stop in Atyrau for the last few days.
One dead as Islamists storm US missions in Libya, Egypt
An armed mob protesting a film deemed offensive to Islam attacked the US consulate in Benghazi Tuesday killing a US official, hours after angry Islamists stormed Washington's embassy in Cairo.
Catching some zzzz's at Costa Rica's sloth sanctuary
They often arrive in bad shape -- hit by cars, zapped by high-voltage wires as they climb trees, or orphaned because superstitious locals have killed their moms.
'Iron Lady' of Cuban dissident goes on hunger strike
Marta Beatriz Roque, the 67 year-old "Iron Lady" of Cuban dissidents, began a hunger strike Monday to protest conditions that opponents to the Communist regime face on the island.
US faces 'utter defeat' in Afghanistan: Taliban
US forces face "utter defeat" in Afghanistan and Americans are unsafe wherever they go in the world, the Taliban said ahead of the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
Aktobe oblast’s Akim awarded Olympic champions with 1 mln tenge bonuses
Kazakhstan Olympic champions took part in the 2012 Health Festival held in Aktobe on September 8.
Vinikourov likely to become MP
If Alexandre Vinokourov agrees it is quit likely that he would become a Majilis (lower chamber) deputy soon.
Obama nominates new US ambassador for Iraq
President Barack Obama nominated a career diplomat as the new US ambassador to Iraq on Monday, after the previous candidate withdrew amid allegations of sexual impropriety.
Ground Zero cancer victims to get compensation
About 50 types of cancer have been added to the list of diseases eligible for coverage in a compensation program for people who became sick after the World Trade Center collapse on September 11, 2001.
Liberated town turns to Islamic law until end of Syria chaos
Judge Mahmud Aqeed listens sympathetically to the woes of a tenant locked in a dispute with his landlord before turning to Islamic sharia law for a ruling in this liberated, rebel-held northern Syria town.
Kazakhstan’s Institute for Nuclear Physics converting its research reactor
A project to replace the fuel for low-enriched options is under way.
Atyrau blast is qualified as terrorist attack
Police has arrested suspects in connection with the recent blast in a private house on Moldagulova street in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
Outsider Hassan Mohamud wins Somali presidential race
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a 56-year-old university lecturer chosen by lawmakers Monday as Somalia's new president, is something of an unknown quantity.
Vietnam may join Kazakhstan in oil production
A memorandum of understanding was signed by KazMunaiGas and PetroVietnam.
2013 production of crude and condensed gas forecasted at 82 million tons
In 2011 Kazakhstan produced 80 million tons of crude and condensed gas; plans are there to produce 81 million tons this year.
US rebuffs Israel over Iran 'red lines'
Tensions between Israel and the United States over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program resurfaced Monday, as Washington rebuffed calls to set "red lines" for action.
OIC tours unrest-hit western Myanmar: official
Members of an influential Islamic body have visited Myanmar's Rakhine state, a government official said Tuesday, to survey fallout from deadly sectarian unrest between Buddhist and Muslim communities.
Exorcism boom in Poland sees magazine launch
With exorcism booming in Poland, Roman Catholic priests here have joined forces with a publisher to launch what they claim is the world's first monthly magazine focused exclusively on chasing out the devil.