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Love is... passing National Testing armed with wig and skirt
A young man was caught at the Unified National Testing in Kazakhstan dressed up as his girlfriend.
05 June 2015
FIFA dominoes fall, but does the trail lead to Blatter?
The US investigation into world football governing body FIFA is modeled after an operation against an organized crime gang.
04 June 2015
Pope Francis heads to Sarajevo with reconciliation message
Pope Francis flies into Sarajevo bearing a message of reconciliation 20 years after peace accords which ended Bosnia's war but left the country divided on ethnic lines
04 June 2015
Jay Z's Tidal offers new promotion amid streaming battle
Tidal, the nascent streaming service led by hip-hop mogul Jay Z, announced new features and a low promotional rate as competition intensifies.
04 June 2015
Kremlin accuses Ukrainian army of 'provocative actions'
The Kremlin accused Ukrainian forces of "provocative actions" as fresh clashes flared in east Ukraine after Kiev said pro-Moscow rebels had launched a new assault.
04 June 2015
IKEA to make home deliveries in all countries with stores
Swedish furniture giant IKEA announced that it would expand its online sales service to include home deliveries in all countries where it has stores.
04 June 2015
Latvia elects Green party's Vejonis as president
Latvia's parliament elected Defence Minister Raimonds Vejonis as the Baltic state's new president, giving the 28th member of the European Union a Green party head of state.
04 June 2015
Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome celebrates its 60th anniversary
Today Kazakhstan’s Baikonur celebrates its 60th anniversary.
04 June 2015
Republican-turned-Democrat Lincoln Chafee joins 2016 US race
Lincoln Chafee, a former US senator and Rhode Island governor who was a longtime Republican before switching to the Democratic Party, launched his 2016 presidential campaign.
04 June 2015
Greece still rejects some of creditors' proposals: Tsipras
Greece still rejects some of the reform plans put forward by its EU-IMF creditors but sees a willingness to reach a deal in coming days.
04 June 2015
'I am Cait': Jenner docu-series to roll out in July
Caitlyn Jenner will follow up on her public coming-out as a transgender woman with a docu-series on E! channel next month about her transformation.
04 June 2015
Dias Kadyrbayev sentenced to 6 years of prison
Boston marathon bombing case sees one of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's friends, a Kazakh student, sentenced to six years imprisonment for obstruction of justice.
04 June 2015
Venezuela seeks allies outside OPEC to steady oil prices
Latin American crude producer Venezuela, struggling to cope with sharply lower oil prices, is seeking support outside OPEC to stabilise the market.
03 June 2015
Iggy Azalea needs 'mental break' from touring
Hip-hop star Iggy Azalea has said she canceled her tour because she needed a "mental break."
03 June 2015
Hundreds still missing after China cruise ship sinks
Rescuers pulled at least three people from the wreckage of a capsized Chinese cruise ship as fears mounted for the more than 400 people still missing.
03 June 2015
Ex pro-Putin Internet troll seeks to expose Kremlin 'propaganda factory'
A Russian freelance journalist who claims she went undercover as a pro-government Internet troll says she is suing her former employer in a bid to expose the workings of the Kremlin's online army.
03 June 2015
No drastic changes of the tenge exchange rate: Central Bank Governor
Earlier President Nazarbayev declared that no devaluation of the tenge would happen right after the presidential elections, as it had been predicted earlier by some analysts.
03 June 2015
Obama to deliver eulogy for Biden's son
US President Barack Obama will deliver a eulogy at the burial of Vice President Biden's son Beau, who died of cancer aged 46.
03 June 2015
Top German MEP says UK's Cameron could lose EU veto
Britain could lose its prized EU veto on some subjects if it opts out from the commitment to "ever closer union" in the bloc's treaties under David Cameron's reform plans.
03 June 2015