Volleyball: Kazakhstan volleyball professional marries Slovanian hockeyist
20-y.o. volleyball professional Yelizaveta Shepelenko from Temirtau has gotten married to 27-y.o. Slovanian legionary of Temirtau’s Arystan hockey club Lukash Martinka.
UN peacekeepers take over ahead of Mali polls
United Nations peacekeepers prepared to take over from African troops in Mali with a mission to ensure stability in the conflict-scarred nation just four weeks ahead of crucial elections.
Croatia celebrates historic EU entry
Tens of thousands of Croatians cheered the country's entry into the European Union at midnight Sunday as fireworks lit up the skies above Zagreb.
Five dead in Egypt as protests call for Morsi to go
Five people died as protesters flooded Egypt's streets calling for Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to step down.
Halving world hunger by 2015 'within reach': UN
Despite economic crises and dwindling aid, the UN said Monday huge progress had been made towards meeting the so-called Millennium Development Goals.
Naomi Campbell comes undone at Paris fashion week
Naomi Campbell drew cheers on the catwalk at Paris fashion week when the 43-year-old supermodel opened the first haute couture show of the season for Versace.
Cameron unveils oil and gas plant in Kazakhstan
"We're in a global race for jobs and investment. This is one of the most rapidly emerging countries in the world," the prime minister told the BBC in Atyrau on Monday.
Italy promises UNESCO it will not abandon Pompeii
Italy's culture minister assured UNESCO on Sunday that efforts were being made to restore the long-neglected Roman city of Pompeii, after the United Nations organisation urged the country to speed up repairs.
"Monsters University" tops US box office
"Monsters University," a prequel to Pixar's 2001 hit "Monsters, Inc.," topped the North American box office for the second straight weekend
N. Korea blasts S. Korean leader's nuclear comments
North Korea Monday slammed South Korean President Park Geun-Hye for "hurting its dignity" with her call for denuclearisation and said its atomic weapons could never be a bargaining chip.
Driver of burning petrol truck named a hero
A minute of silence was observed in tribute to the memory of the 27-y.o. tank truck driver Aleksandr Goryunov at the press-conference on the accident in Almaty.
Fire-fighters were effecient in quenching petrol truck fire: Almaty Emergency Situations Department
Deputy head of the Fire-Fighting Service of Almaty Emergency Situations Department has evaluated the fire-fightering operation at the petrol tank truck explosion site in Almaty.
Entering WTO will not halt state support to Kazakhstan producers
Kazakhstan’s accession into the WTO will not mean a reduction in the state support to the local producers: Agriculture Minister.
US intelligence targeted Italy and France embassies: report
France, Italy and Greece were among 38 "targets" of spying operations conducted by US intelligence services, according to documents leaked to the Guardian newspaper by fugitive former CIA operative Edward Snowden.
Boxing: Kazakhstan's Golovkin KOs Macklin
Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan has knocked out British Matthew Macklin with a hook to his liver.
Scientists demand New Zealand save 'sea hobbit'
Marine scientists have urged New Zealand to immediately ban fishing in waters inhabited by the world's rarest dolphin, saying that losing even one of the creatures will threaten the species' existence.
Almaty citizens offer help to owners of burnt apartments
Almaty citizens are offering help to the owners of the apartments that burnt in the petrol tank truck explosion.
Presidents of Kazakhstan and Belarus to exchange visits in autumn
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is planning to visit Belarus in October, 2013 to take part in the session of the CIS Council of the Heads of States.
Merkel ushers jobless EU youth talks on to campaign trail
Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts EU talks on felling sky-high youth unemployment less than three months before German elections.
Tropical Storm Dalila strengthens on way to west Mexico
Rain was beginning to fall on Mexico's west coast from Dalila, the fourth named storm of the Pacific hurricane season, which was gaining strength as it approached land.
