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Migrant workers keep Thai fishing industry afloat Sifting through freshly caught sardines at a port in southern Thailand, Shi-Jai is one of thousands of migrant workers -- including women and children -- who keep the kingdom's huge fishing industry in business.
26 September 2013
Iran's new tone 'encouraging': Germany German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle welcomed a "new tone" from Tehran during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday in New York.
26 September 2013
Photo courtesy of Kazakhstan Defense Ministry's press-service Kazakhstan Defense Minister visits military plants in Turkey Kazakhstan Defense Minister Adilbek Dzhaksybekov is in Turkey to visit Aselsan and TAI military companies.
25 September 2013
Mukhtar Ablyazov. Photo by Yaroslav Radlovskiy© Ablyazova intends to prove that Mukhtar Ablyazov's wife and kid were kidnapped, not deported Mukhtar Ablyazov's elder daughter plans to file a law suit against three Kazakhstan diplomats accusing them of complicity in kidnapping her mother and little sister.
25 September 2013
Rowhani's speech 'cynical', 'full of hypocrisy': Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu early Wednesday blasted Iranian President Hassan Rowhani for making what he described as a "cynical speech that was full of hypocrisy" at the UN General Assembly.
25 September 2013
Bill Clinton backs Obama's push to promote health law President Barack Obama got backing from Bill Clinton Tuesday as he sought to promote his health care law to the US public amid a congressional battle and an approaching sign-up date.
25 September 2013
Explosive experts scour Kenya mall after siege for traps Explosive experts searched Wednesday for possible booby-traps in the wreckage of a Nairobi shopping mall after a four-day bloodbath by Islamist gunmen, as fears grew over the fate of dozens still missing.
25 September 2013
Meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Council. ©RIA Novosti Supreme Eurasian Council sitting in Astana Russian Prime-Minister Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in Astana for the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Council.
25 September 2013
©Reuters/Mohamed al-Sayaghi Brazil territory bans sales of toy guns A Brazilian territory is believed to have become the first region in Latin America to ban the sale of toy guns as the country attempts to staunch an epidemic of firearm-related crime.
25 September 2013
Photo by Marat Abilov© Kazakhstan Minister dispels rumors of fuel deficit Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Minister has commented on forecasts of fuel deficit in Kazakhstan.
25 September 2013
Norway flag. Photo courtesy of livetrips.ru Separate Kazakhstan ambassador to Norway appointed Nursultan Nazarbayev has appointed a separate ambassador to Norway.
25 September 2013
Naked protest as Spanish king undergoes hip operation Spain's King Juan Carlos underwent a hip-replacement operation Tuesday, his eighth operation in just three years, but this time with the spectacle of a naked protester outside his Madrid hospital.
25 September 2013
©Reuters 55% in Kazakhstan are overweight More than a half of the Kazakhstan population have excess weight.
25 September 2013
Rowhani-Obama handshake was 'too complicated' The US and Iranian presidents, Barack Obama and Hassan Rowhani, came agonizingly close to a historic handshake on Tuesday.
25 September 2013
©Reuters/Eric Gaillard YouTube revamps much-criticized comments feed YouTube, the Google-owned video sharing website, said Tuesday it was revamping its comments feed which some web users claimed had turned into a magnet for crude and vulgar postings.
25 September 2013
Syrian militants may come to Kazakhstan Kazakhstan authorities should give specially attention to internal security until the military conflict in Syria is fully settled: political analyst Aidos Sarym.
25 September 2013
©Reuters/Tyrone Siu Americans spent $2.6 bn gambling online in 2012: study Americans spent $2.6 billion on gambling websites in 2012, according to a study released Tuesday by the casino industry as it renewed a push for Congress to regulate online betting.
25 September 2013
Jackson lawyer attacks promoter as trial nears climax The promoters of Michael Jackson's last tour were "so excited" about making huge profits that they hired an unfit doctor for the star, his family's lawyer said Tuesday in closing arguments.
25 September 2013
Illustration by tengrinews.kz Almaty and Astana responsible for 30% of Kazakhstan’s pension deductions Astana and Almaty residents transferred almost 100 billion tenge to pension funds in 7 months of 2013.
25 September 2013
Awards of Emir Baigazin. Photo courtesy of Kazakhfilm Jia Zhangke and Pavel Chukhrai award 'Harmony Lessons' with best director Harmony Lessons of Kazakhstan film director Emir Baigazin received the Best Director award at the 3d International Sakhalin Film Festival On the Edge.
25 September 2013

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