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Celebrities strut catwalk in New York dress gala Celebrities have burst onto New York Fashion Week, donning couture red dresses made by some of America's top designers and strutting the catwalk to raise money for heart disease.

07 February 2014 15:49

Kazakhstan exports over 5 million tons of grain this year Kazakhstan has exported more than 5 million tons of grain since the beginning of the marketing year.

07 February 2014 15:30

Kazakhstan Prime-Minister instructs to boost agricultural processing Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov has instructed the Government to create conditions for domestic agricultural processing.

07 February 2014 15:12

Olympics: US bans carry-on liquids on Russia-bound flights US authorities announced a temporary ban Thursday on liquids, gels and aerosols in carry-ons aboard Russia-bound flights.

07 February 2014 14:49

Olympics: Kazakh freestyler Galysheva qualifies for finals The mother and fiance of the Kazakhstan skier Yuliya Galysheva came over to Sochi to support her at the Winter Olympics.

07 February 2014 14:44

Hong Kong police dismantle 'biggest' WWII bomb Hong Kong police on Friday successfully dismantled the largest World War II bomb yet found in the city after its discovery on a construction site prompted the evacuation of 2,260 people.

07 February 2014 14:18

Friends, family hold wake for Hoffman Friends and family of celebrated actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died of an apparent heroin overdose over the weekend, gathered late Thursday to attend a New York wake in his honor.

07 February 2014 13:44

Big money awaits Australian drug mule Corby High-profile Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby could earn millions of dollars for a tell-all story if she is released from an Indonesian jail Friday, with a bidding war reportedly in full swing.

07 February 2014 13:09

Top US diplomat for Europe caught swearing about EU Washington's new top diplomat for Europe, Victoria Nuland, has been apparently caught being decidedly undiplomatic about her EU allies in a phone call about Ukraine posted Thursday on YouTube.

07 February 2014 12:35

Apple quickly buys back $14 bn in shares: report Apple gobbled up $14 billion worth of its shares in the two weeks after earnings figures disappointed the market.

07 February 2014 12:14

Cameron urges UK to unite to stop Scottish independence British Prime Minister David Cameron will urge people in all parts of the United Kingdom on Friday to try to persuade Scots to vote 'no' in their referendum on independence.

07 February 2014 11:38

TV's 'Dr House' helps solve real-life medical mystery For a year, the patient suffered from a range of worsening symptoms that left doctors stumped.

07 February 2014 11:02

Google Doodle flies gay flag for Sochi Olympics Google marked the Winter Games in Sochi by flying the gay flag in a search page Doodle that linked to a call for equality in the Olympic Charter.

07 February 2014 10:33

Cruise lawyer dismisses 'bizarre' $1 billion lawsuit A lawyer for Tom Cruise poured scorn on a $1 billion lawsuit alleging that filmmakers stole a screenwriter's work to create a blockbuster "Mission: Impossible" film, calling the legal action "bizarre."

07 February 2014 09:57

Kazakhstan may be renamed to get rid of the 'stan' ending: President Nazarbayev However, such a change must be publicly discussed to know the opinions of common people, President believes.

06 February 2014 23:22

Nazarbayev signs decrees to open new Embassies Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed several decrees opening three new Embassies of Kazakhstan in foreign countries.

06 February 2014 19:28

Container traffic between Europe and Asia through Kazakhstan grows 61% Transit container traffic flow between Europe and Asia through Kazakhstan reached 5,630 TEU in 2013, which is 61% more than in 2012.

06 February 2014 19:19

Twitter takes hit as user growth disappoints Twitter got a reality check Wednesday as the high-flying messaging company reported modest user growth during a quarter in which it lost $511 million.

06 February 2014 18:54

New York concert defies Putin on eve of Sochi Feted by Madonna and cheered by thousands, Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot defied President Vladimir Putin on the eve of the Sochi Olympics at a star-studded New York concert.

06 February 2014 18:32

Egypt army chief says he will run for president: Kuwait paper Egypt's top military commander Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in comments published in Kuwait Thursday that he has decided to run in the presidential election scheduled for April.

06 February 2014 18:10

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