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Pope to end record-setting Asia tour
Pope Francis will fly back to Rome after a dramatic week in Asia that saw him draw record crowds and hammer home his pro-poor message to millions.
19 January 2015
Ukraine says tank offensive pushing rebels from airport
Ukraine rushed tanks to the front lines and claimed Sunday to have cleared pro-Russian rebels from most of Donetsk airport.
19 January 2015
Miss Lebanon in hot water after selfie with Miss Israel
Miss Universe contestants are keen to proclaim their desire for world peace, but this year's Miss Lebanon has declared war.
19 January 2015
Cameron rebuts pope on speech offensive to religion
British Prime Minister defended the right to speech that gives offense to others' religious beliefs, in a rebuttal to Pope Francis who said there should be limits.
19 January 2015
Hungarian Jews mark 70 years since Budapest ghetto liberation
Hungarian Jews and Soviet army veterans gathered to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation by the Red Army of the Budapest ghetto in World War II.
19 January 2015
German police ban Dresden rallies Monday citing terror threat
German police banned public open-air gatherings in the eastern city of Dresden Monday, citing a terrorist threat against a planned rally.
19 January 2015
Yerkesh Shakeyev and Marat Bisengaliev present Kazakh neoclassical music in London
Marat Bisengaliev played neoclassical music for symphony orchestra and solo violin of Kazakh composer Yerkesh Shakeyev.
19 January 2015
Massive traffic accident in Almaty: passenger bus, garbage truck, 12 cars
A passenger bus crashed into a garbage truck after grazing a dozen cars in Almaty. Seven people injured.
18 January 2015
Galatasaray wants to open football academy in Kazakhstan
Vice President of the Football Federation of Kazakhstan said that Galatasaray, a famous Turkish football club, wanted to open its academies in Kazakhstan.
18 January 2015
Highly anticipated Golovkin-Murray fight follows Mayweather and Pac-Man
Bleacher Report names Golovkin-Murray fight in Top 5 Fights to Watch in 2015.
18 January 2015
Tunisia wants to join Customs Union
Tunisia has sent a request for joining the Customs Union.
18 January 2015
Mario Ruiz another song to Golovkin: Good Boy Killa
Rapper Mario Ruiz has recorded a song dedicated to the Kazakhstani boxer Gennady Golovkin.
18 January 2015
Kazakhstan to build two nuclear power plants
Kazakhstan is planning to build two nuclear power plants and dispose waste at the Semipalatinsk Test Site.
18 January 2015
Kazakhstan to produce equipment for smart homes
Kazakhstan will produce equipment for smart homes.
18 January 2015
Japan marks 20th anniversary of killer quake in Kobe
Japan marked the 20th anniversary of the Kobe earthquake that killed more than 6,400 people.
17 January 2015
Romney says he's not running - for US Senate
Mitt Romney kept them guessing. In his first prominent speech since telling donors last week he was still interested in the White House.
17 January 2015
Philippine plane following Pope Francis overshoots runway
A plane carrying top aides of Philippine President overshot a runway in stormy weather, shortly after Pope Francis's plane took off from the same airport.
17 January 2015
Haiti leader installs new prime minister
Haiti's President Michel Martelly swore in as the country's new prime minister Evans Paul.
17 January 2015
Russian Oscar-nominated drama stirs controversy at home
Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev's sombre social drama "Leviathan" may have been nominated for an Oscar, but at home the film has sparked heated debate.
17 January 2015
21 confirmed dead after tugboat sinks in China
Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead after a tugboat sank on a trial voyage on the Yangtze, China's longest river.
17 January 2015