17 yo female racer from Kazakhstan eyes Formula 1
Kazakhstani racer Lubov Andreyeva, 17, has officially become a part of Astana Motorsports.
Kazakhstan's Maria Mudryak stars in Donizetti's Elixir of Love in Italy
Maria Mudryak from Pavlodar, northern Kazakhstan will perform the leading role in famous Gaetano Donizetti’s opera The Elixir of Love.
Nobel economics winners: Usually American, usually pro-austerity
The winner of the Nobel economics prize is notoriously hard to predict, but it's usually an American male opposed to big government and big spending.
Tennis: Kazakh Zarina Diyas in finals of Japan Open
Kazakhstani tennis professional Zarina Diyas has made into the finals of the Japan Women's Open Tennis.
Netherlands says 10 more MH17 passengers identified
Medical experts have now identified 272 of the 298 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine in July.
Powerful typhoon churns towards Japan
Powerful Typhoon Vongfong churned towards Japan, injuring at least a dozen people as it pounded the southern Okinawan islands with ferocious winds and driving rain.
Ebola toll passes 4,000 as fears grow worldwide
The death toll from Ebola has passed 4,000, the World Health Organization said.
Leonardo DiCaprio to be invited to Kazakhstan's EXPO-2017
There are plans to invite "green" celebrities, such as Leonardo DiCaprio, for EXPO-2017 in Astana.
Greek PM narrowly wins parliamentary confidence vote
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras won a parliamentary confidence vote, which he called in a bid to rally support.
Amazon's might divides opinion at world's biggest book fair
US online retail giant Amazon may be absent from the stands at the world's biggest book fair but it has still been at the heart of a heated debate.
Party funeral for British tourist murdered in Thailand
Family and friends staged a party funeral to bid farewell to Hannah Witheridge, one of two British tourists murdered on a Thai holiday island.
White House: no bypass of Congress for Guantanamo closure
The White House said it aimed to work with US lawmakers towards closing Guantanamo and was not "drafting options" for circumventing a congressional ban.
Venezuela wants extra OPEC meeting to halt oil-price drop
Venezuela will ask for an emergency meeting of OPEC countries to try to halt sliding oil prices, Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez said.
Brazil beef exports soar on Chinese, Russian demand
Brazil beef exports jumped seven percent this year so far, in part due to rising Russian demand as Moscow turned away from US and European sources.
Kazakh star violinist with no violin
What is the price of art? Who is to support this promising Kazakh violinist?
Bose and Beats end beef over headphone patents
Audio technology veteran Bose Corporation and Beats Electronics called a ceasefire in a lawsuit over patented technology for canceling noise in earphones.
Standard and Poor's lowers France outlook to 'negative'
Ratings agency Standard and Poor's kept its 'AA' rating for France but lowered its outlook from "stable" to "negative" on fears over the country's budget situation.
Hackers expose trove of snagged Snapchat images
A huge trove of evidently intercepted Snapchat images and videos were exposed online, raising fears about what may be revealed.
G20 optimistic on global economy
Finance chiefs of the Group of 20 economic powers said they remained confident about the global economy, despite renewed weakness in areas like the eurozone.
'Game of Thrones' starts shooting in Spain
Film crews began shooting part of the fifth season of popular US fantasy television series "Game of Thrones" in the southern Spanish city of Seville.
