SCAT eyes 20 Russian Sukhoi Super Jet-100s
Kazakhstani SCAT is to contract 20 Russian Sukhoi Super Jet-100 (SSJ-100) aircraft.
Making sense of Kazakhstan's decision to float tenge
Kazakhstan tenge plunged to its record low after the country floated it, renouncing the set corridor and adopting inflation targeting.
Threat of default in Kazakhstan assessed by analysts
Kazakhstani experts comment on Bank of American Merrill Lynch placing the Central Asian country among ten countries most vulnerable to a sovereign default.
Brazil speaker, former president charged in Petrobras corruption
Brazilian prosecutors lodged corruption charges against the speaker of the lower house -- a key figure in the country's current political crisis -- and also against a former president.
Golovkin-Lemieux press conference
WBA Super, IBO and WBC Interim middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and IBF champion David Lemieux have conducted a press conference in Montreal, Canada
EU ministers to hold migrant crisis talks in October: France
Europe's interior and foreign ministers will meet in mid-October to discuss how to respond to the huge influx of migrants and refugees arriving at EU borders.
Thai police chief hails bomber hunt 'progress', but still no arrests
Thailand's police chief insisted his officers were making "a lot of progress" in the hunt for the Bangkok shrine bomber despite the lack of arrests and mystery over the attackers' motives.
Nazarbayev instructs National Bank to compensate tenge deposits
President of Kazakhstan instructed the National Bank to initiate a mechanism of compensation for private fixed-term deposits in tenge.
Kung fu tourism: foreigners learn at China school
In the countryside outside the birthplace of the Chinese sage Confucius, 35 students battle the elements as well as exhaustion at a remote kung fu training academy.
Turkey's risky offensive can weaken but won't destroy PKK: analysts
Turkey's almost month-long campaign of air strikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Turkish southeast and northern Iraq will weaken but cannot destroy the Kurdish militant group.
Kim Jong-Un orders frontline N. Korea troops onto war footing: KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ordered his frontline troops onto a war-footing from, as military tensions with South Korea soared.
Jenner could face manslaughter charge over US car crash
Transgender Olympic champion Caitlyn Jenner could face misdemeanor manslaughter charges over a deadly car crash in February when Los Angeles police reveal the results of an investigation into the accident next week.
Russia’s LUKOIL sells 50% in Caspian Investments Resources Ltd. to China’s Sinoptec
Caspian Investments Resources Ltd. is developing five oil field in Kazakhstan, notably Alibekmola, Kozhassai in Aktyubinsk oblast, Karakuduk, Severny Buzachi and Arman in Mangistau oblast.
Jennifer Lawrence tops list of highest-paid actresses
The odds really were in Jennifer Lawrence's favor last year as she raked in $52 million, topping a ranking of the highest-paid actresses by a wide margin.
Merkel urges Brazil to protect Amazon rainforest
Brazil and Germany threw their weight behind the push for a global climate agreement later this year and stressed the vital importance of defending the Amazon jungle from deforestation.
France's Le Pen booted out of his far-right party
Jean-Marie Le Pen, France's elderly, far-right master provocateur, was booted out of the National Front (FN) he founded after a high-profile feud with his daughter and party leader Marine.
Analysts on fair market exchange rate of USD to tenge
August 20 the country’s Central Bank renounced its policy of the set currency band, letting the national currency float freely.
Guantanamo should be shut before Obama leaves: Pentagon chief
The US military prison in Guantanamo Bay should be shut down before President Barack Obama leaves office, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said.
Tsipras proposes snap Greek vote for September 20: agency
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has proposed calling an early election in the crisis-hit country on September 20, the ANA news agency said.