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Nazarbayev congratulates Saudi Arabia's new King Salman
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram of congratulations to the new King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
26 January 2015
Colombia's Paulina Vega wins Miss Universe title
Colombia's Paulina Vega was crowned Miss Universe Sunday, beating out contenders from the United States, Ukraine, Jamaica and The Netherlands.
26 January 2015
Anti-austerity Syriza storms to historic Greek victory
Greece awoke to a new era of defiant anti-austerity after voters handed a decisive victory to radical left party Syriza.
26 January 2015
Putin says he's ready to work with Greece's new government
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the leader of Greece's radical left-wing party Syriza on its decisive election victory.
26 January 2015
Sundance doc tackles white-on-black deaths in US
The recent spate of white-on-black killings in the United States is only the tip of an iceberg all-too familiar to the African American community.
26 January 2015
Brother of sole survivor on details of plane crash in Zhambyl Oblast
Azamat Shayakhmetov, a brother of the only survivor in the crash of the AN-2 in Kazakhstan's Zhambyl Oblast, has shared the details of the crash that he learned from his sister.
26 January 2015
Australia PM in 'time warp' as British royal knighted
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott marked his country's national day by honouring Britain's Prince Philip with a knighthood.
26 January 2015
'Birdman' soars to victory in Oscars bellwether
Dark comedy "Birdman" boosted its Oscars hopes after landing the top prize at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards.
26 January 2015
Karim Massimov meets PM of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel at WEF
Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov has met with Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
26 January 2015
Obama to be guest of honour at India's Republic Day parade
Barack Obama will become the first US president to be chief guest at India's Republic Day parade.
26 January 2015
Video from plane crash site in Kazakhstan published on the Internet
An exclusive video depicts the scene of the Zhumbyl Oblast plane crash site in Kazakhstan several hours after the tragedy.
26 January 2015
UN Security Council to meet on Ukraine crisis after deadly clashes
The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting on the violence in eastern Ukraine.
26 January 2015
Hollande congratulates Tspiras on Greek election victory
France's President Francois Hollande congratulated Alexis Tsipras on his radical left party Syriza's victory in Greek elections Sunday.
26 January 2015
Kazakhstan’s Energy Minister refutes sales of oil refinery by his son
To my best knowledge, he hasn’t been buying or selling anything in the last three years”, the Minister told journalists on the sidelines of the sitting in the country’s Majilis (lower chamber).
26 January 2015
Russia's cheap gas may shut down Kazakhstani oil refineries: Minister of Energy
Cheap gas from Russia can put a stop to the work of Kazakhstan’s oil refineries.
26 January 2015
Energy Minister on second nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan
January 23 Tengrinews.kz reported that Kazakhstan had started talks with Toshiba, owner of Westinghouse, to construct its first nuclear power plant. As early as in March the sides might sign an agreement on supplying a $3.7 billion reactor capable of 1 gigawatt.
26 January 2015
UN Security Council to meet on Yemen crisis
The UN Security Council will hold closed-door meetings Monday on the crisis that has left Yemen in a political vacuum.
26 January 2015
Merkel urges Putin to 'put pressure' on Ukraine's pro-Russia separatists
German Chancellor urged her Russian counterpart in a phone call to "put pressure" on Ukraine's pro-Kremlin separatists to end a recent upsurge in violence.
26 January 2015
SpaceX chief Elon Musk eyes Internet satellites: report
High-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has reportedly added global Internet access from satellites to his vision of a future alongside sporty electric cars.
26 January 2015
'Interstellar': timely ode to space conquest
"Interstellar," the new Oscar-tipped movie starring Matthew McConaughey, may just get a boost from the bad news.
26 January 2015