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Mauritanian leader set to win new term amid poll boycott Mauritanians on Saturday cast ballots in a presidential election that incumbent Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was expected to win handily as main opposition rivals boycotted the vote in the largely desert nation.
21 June 2014
Karzai calls on UN to help solve Afghan election crisis Afghan President Hamid Karzai intervened for the first time in the country's growing election crisis, backing a call for the United Nations to help solve a standoff over alleged fraud.
21 June 2014
US warns Russia against sending troops into Ukraine The United States warned it would not accept any use of Russian troops in Ukraine as it confirmed that Moscow had redeployed "significant" military forces near the border.
21 June 2014
Chikungunya virus spreads from Caribbean to C. America The mosquito-born chikungunya virus is spreading into Central America, health authorities there say, after outbreaks in several Caribbean nations.
21 June 2014
After eurozone crisis, IMF rethinks rescues The International Monetary Fund is rethinking bailouts in the wake of the eurozone crisis, with an eye to giving governments near default better options to stabilize their finances.
21 June 2014
Bob Dylan lyrics to headline $3-5 mn NY music auction Handwritten song lyrics from legendary singer Bob Dylan go under the hammer in New York, the most treasured possessions in a collection of rock memorabilia valued at $3-5 million.
21 June 2014
Photo courtesy of tech.co Google's Nest to buy Dropcam for $555 mn Google's Nest Labs said it was buying video monitoring startup Dropcam for a reported $555 million in cash.
21 June 2014
Lawyers say UN chief served with Haiti lawsuit in NY Lawyers for more than 1,500 victims of Haiti's deadly cholera epidemic said they had served UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a personal summons to appear in US court.
21 June 2014
©Reuters/Stringer China says 13 attackers killed in Xinjiang assault Chinese police shot dead 13 people in the restive Xinjiang region after they drove into a police building and set off an explosion on Saturday, regional authorities said.
21 June 2014
Japan's clubland weathers dancing ban Famous for its neon lights and wild nightlife, Tokyo's status as one of the world's clubbing capitals looks set to survive a potentially ruinous police crackdown on -- of all things -- dancing.
21 June 2014
Photo courtesy of theamazingpics.com Rare white whale spotted off Sydney An extremely rare white humpback whale has been spotted off the coast of Sydney in an event onlookers called a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
21 June 2014
Chile hilltop razed for world's largest telescope Construction on the world's largest optical telescope began with a bang, as workers demolished a hilltop in Chile's Atacama desert.
20 June 2014
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny. ©Reuters/Maxim Shemetov Russian police search opposition leader Navalny's home Russian police on Friday were searching the home of opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin's biggest critic Alexei Navalny, his lawyer said.
20 June 2014
Photo courtesy of www.infrastructurene.ws Steel rods plant launched in Kostanay Steel rods plant Evraz Caspian Steel has been unveiled in Kostanay.
20 June 2014
Maria Mudryak at Opera Ball in Almaty. Photo courtesy of ourganizers of the ball. Maria Mudryak to enchant poet with her singing of ‪The Tales of Hoffmann‬ opera Young Opera singer from Kazakhstan Maria Mudryak will perform Giulietta’s role in ‪The Tales of Hoffmann‬ in Teatro Sociale Como in Italy.
20 June 2014
King Abdullah II and Nursultan Nazarbayev. Photo © Ministry of Foreing Affairs of Kazakhstan Nazarbayev and Abdullah II discuss cooperation between Kazakhstan and Jordan President Nazarbayev has discussed prospects and development of bilateral cooperation with the King of Jordan Abdullah II.
20 June 2014
New Akim of Karaganda Oblast.Nurmukhambet Abdibekov. Photo  ©republika.kz New Karaganda Oblast Akim appointed Nurmukhambet Abdibekov has been appointed new Akim of Karaganda Oblast.
20 June 2014
Photo courtesy of kazcosmos.gov.kz Kazakhstan successfully launches KazEOSat-2 Kazakhstan has launched KazEOSat-2, its second medium resolution Earth observation satellite, from Russia.
20 June 2014
Photo ©astanaopera.kz Astana Opera to work with Teatro di San Carlo and La Scala Astana Opera will sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Real Teatro di San Carlo and Teatro alla Scala.
20 June 2014
King of Jordan on official visit in Astana King of Jordan Abdullah II and Crown Prince of Jordan Hussein bin Al Abdullah arrived to Astana on an official visit on June 19.
20 June 2014

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