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The entrance to the site of a mass grave of hundreds of children. ©Reuters/Stringer Irish examining possibility of other mass baby graves Irish officials will investigate if the mass grave for almost 800 babies discovered near a home for unmarried mothers run by nuns is an isolated case, Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Thursday.
07 June 2014
Nazarbayev invites Turkey to join Eurasian Economic Union Kazakhstan’s leader Nursultan Nazarbayev invited Turkey to consider joining the Eurasian Union.
06 June 2014
The Spirit of Tengri The Spirit of Tengri opens this Saturday June 7 This Saturday on June 7th at 5 pm, The Spirit of Tengri opens its second festival with 13 ethno music bands and renowned artists in Almaty.
06 June 2014
©Reuters/Antonio Parrinello Italian navy rescues 2,500 migrants in 24 hours The Italian navy on Friday said it had rescued around 2,500 asylum-seekers from 17 boats in the past 24 hours as good weather conditions in the Mediterranean further boost the influx of asylum-seekers trying to reach Europe.
06 June 2014
Japan says Chinese ships in disputed waters Chinese ships sailed into disputed waters off Japan-administered islands in the East China Sea Friday, officials said, after G7 leaders cautioned against "intimidation" in territorial disputes.
06 June 2014
©Reuters/Christinne Muschi Canada in massive manhunt for cop killer A city in Canada's easternmost New Brunswick province remained on lockdown Thursday as police hunted for a man believed to have shot dead three officers and wounded two others in a brazen attack.
06 June 2014
GM fires 15 over ignition scandal but says 'no coverup' General Motors chief executive Mary Barra said Thursday that the company has fired 15 mostly senior executives over the deadly ignition scandal that has placed the automaker under federal investigation.
06 June 2014
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. ©Reuters/Andreea Campeanu UN inquiry finds war crimes on both sides in C. Africa UN investigators say talk of genocide or ethnic cleaning in the Central African Republic is premature, but that evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity exists on both sides.
06 June 2014
Thousands call for elections in Haiti Thousands of Haitians took to the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince Thursday to demand that President Michel Martelly step down and new elections be held.
06 June 2014
©Reuters/David Ryder Gunman kills one, injures three on Seattle campus A lone gunman killed one person and injured three others Thursday on a college campus in the northwestern US city of Seattle, where the mayor denounced America's "epidemic of gun violence."
06 June 2014
Rakhat Aliev. Photo courtesy of krone.at Former son-in-law of Kazakh leader arrested in Austria The former son-in-law of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev was arrested in Vienna late Thursday in connection with murder and kidnapping charges, the APA press agency reported.
06 June 2014
©Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte Oceans worth up to $222 bln annually in CO2 capture By absorbing carbon emissions from the atmosphere, the seas avert climate damage worth up to $222 billion (163 billion euros) every year, according to an estimate released.
06 June 2014
G7 leaders take tough message to Putin on Ukraine Western leaders said they stood united Thursday ahead of their first direct meetings with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Ukraine, with President Barack Obama giving him a month to back down or face more sanctions.
06 June 2014
©Reuters/Sam Hodgson New York City back to court over limiting soda sizes New York City took its fight to limit the size of sodas and other sweet drinks blamed by some for obesity back to an appeals court Wednesday.
06 June 2014
© tengrinews Over $1.5 billion embezzled in Kazakhstan since 2013: Financial Police Nearly 300 billion tenge ($1.6 billion) has been embezzled in Kazakhstan since 2013.
06 June 2014
Namgar. Photo ©minkultrb.ru Namgar to bring ancient Buryat and Mongolian songs to The Spirit of Tengri Namgar band from Buryatia will perform songs from their new album at the 2nd edition of The Spirit of Tengri on June 7th.
06 June 2014
Photo ©REUTERS
 No deficit of tenge bills in Kazakhstan: Kelimbetov Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan Kairat Kelimbetov denies rumors about shortages of tenge bills in Kazakhstan.
06 June 2014
Photo courtesy of vm.ru Summer frosts in some parts of Kazakhstan A drop to the freezing point in temperature is expected in some areas of Kazakhstan this June.
06 June 2014
©Reuters/Chance Chan Alibaba buys half stake in China's top football club E-commerce giant Alibaba said Thursday it will pay $192 million for a 50 percent stake in China's top football club, in a frenzy of deal-making before a multi-billion dollar share offer in the United States.
05 June 2014
© Turar Kazangapov Samruk Kazyna to launch $26 bln worth of projects within 3 years Kazakhstan's Samruk-Kazyna Wealth Fund is planning to commission dozens of projects totally worth $26 billion within the next 3 years.
05 June 2014

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