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Shymkent flooded by rain
Heavy rains have flooded dozens of houses in Shymkent, in southern Kazakhstan on May 30, 2014.
02 June 2014
Argentina is visa-free for Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan and Argentina have signed a visa-free regime agreement.
01 June 2014
Three months for Swaziland editor who compared judge to a punk
A Swaziland court on Friday sentenced a magazine editor to a suspended three-month term for articles written four years ago comparing the country's chief justice to a high school punk.
01 June 2014
Clinton memoir hits out at 'political slugfest' on Benghazi
Hillary Clinton has given her most detailed account yet of the attacks in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, but said she will not join the "political slugfest" over the tragedy.
01 June 2014
Germany's Siemens says nearly 12,000 jobs under threat
German industrial giant Siemens said Friday it was weighing cuts of nearly 12,000 jobs around the world as part of a major restructuring.
01 June 2014
Six 'cult' members held over China McDonald's death
Chinese police have detained six people for beating to death a woman at a McDonald's restaurant who refused to disclose her phone number, accusing them of being members of a religious cult, state media said.
01 June 2014
Australian gallery to return portrait lost under Nazis
An Australian gallery will return a portrait once thought the work of Vincent Van Gogh to its rightful owners in what is believed to be the country's first restitution of art lost under the Nazis.
31 May 2014
Roadside bomb kills 12 civilians in eastern Afghanistan
A roadside bomb killed 12 civilians, including seven women in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, officials said, the latest violence in the country as US-led troops prepare to leave after 13 years of war.
31 May 2014
Remove state officials from Samruk-Kazyna Directors Board: Shukeyev
The Chairman of the Board of Samruk-Kazyna National Wealth Fund Umirzak Shukeyev called "to remove all the state officials from the Board of Directors" of Samruk Kazyna.
31 May 2014
David Coulthard to drive Formula 1 car in Almaty on June 1
The Republic Square in Almaty will be closed for traffic on June 1st for the Reb Bull event involving a Formula 1 racing car.
31 May 2014
Tony Blair to help Kyzylorda oblast in Kazakhstan
Britain’s ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair has met the governor of Kyzylorda Oblast Krymbek Kusherbayev during the Astana Economic Forum to discuss mutual cooperation in development of the region.
31 May 2014
Volcanic ash halts flights to north Australian city
Flights into and out of the northern Australian city of Darwin were cancelled Saturday and some to Bali affected due to huge ash clouds thrown up by an Indonesian volcano.
31 May 2014
Mao Asada's first performance in Kazakhstan
Three times World Champion figure skater and triple axel diva Mao Asada talked about Denis Ten’s show in Almaty with Vesti.kz.
31 May 2014
Denis Ten and Friends ice show ignites hearts in Almaty
The ice show Denis Ten and Friends: Olympic Energy turned into an unforgettable experience for the guests of the show in Almaty.
31 May 2014
N. Korea sentences S. Korean 'spy' to hard labour for life
North Korea sentenced a South Korean missionary to hard labour for life after accusing him of espionage and setting up an underground church, state media said Saturday, the latest Christian preacher to run into trouble in the secretive state.
31 May 2014
Golovkin-Geale fight is on
Gennady Golovkin (29-0, 26 KOs) will most probably fight against former titleholder from Australia Daniel Geale (30-2, 16 KOs) on July 26 at Madison Square Garden.
31 May 2014
Kidnapped Chinese, Filippino rescued in Malaysia
A Chinese tourist and a Filippino worker have been rescued nearly two months after they were abducted from a Malaysian dive resort, Prime Minister Najib Razak said.
31 May 2014
Venezuela to repay $2 bn of debt to local importers
Venezuela announced Friday it would repay a small part its debt to local importers, after currency controls have sparked mass shortages of basic goods in the oil-rich country.
31 May 2014
Norway removes Greenpeace ship from contested Arctic drill site
Norwegian coastguards on Friday removed a Greenpeace ship from a controversial Arctic drilling site where it was trying to prevent oil explorations, the environmentalist group said.
31 May 2014
Two aid workers killed in Mali landmine blast: officials
Two Malian aid workers were killed when their vehicle drove over a landmine in restive north-west Mali, officials told AFP.
31 May 2014