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US names new Afghanistan-Pakistan envoy US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday named veteran diplomat James Dobbins to be the new special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan at what he called "a pivotal moment" for the two nations.
04 May 2013
Head of Kun-Do school Igor Tsai (L) and Timur Bekmambetov (C). Personal archive photo Kazakhstan Kun-Do actors to perform stunts in Indian movie A team of professional stunt actors of Kazakhstan’s Kun-Do stunt fighting school has been invited to cooperate with a Bollywood filmmaker.
04 May 2013
Kakha Kaladze. Photo courtesy of out-football.com Georgia ready to return Kazakhstan management to KazTransGas-Tbilisi Georgia’s Vice-PM and Minister of Energy Kakha Kaladze will come to Astana to discuss returning the management of KazTransGas-Tbilisi to Kazakhstan.
04 May 2013
Captain Sudiro Usodho conducts a class for pilots. ©REUTERS/Beawiharta Indonesia recruits civil servants to plug pilot shortage Indonesia has started to train civil servants to become flight instructors to meet demand for pilots in its fast-growing aviation industry.
04 May 2013
©REUTERS Presence of rat meat in Kazakhstan airlines' meals impossible: Healthcare Ministry There is no way Chinese rat meat could have gotten into flight meals of Kazakhstan airlines.
04 May 2013
Defendants Dias Kadyrbayev (L) and Azamat Tazhayakov are pictured in a courtroom sketch at the John Joseph Moakley United States Federal Courthouse in Boston. ©REUTERS U.S. improving student visa checks after problems with Kazakhstan student The U.S. will be improving the rules of student visa checks at border control posts after Kazakhstan student Azamat Tazhayakov was admitted into the country without a valid visa.
04 May 2013
Commodity prices hit by weak global outlook Global commodity markets were hit this week by weaker-than-expected manufacturing data in key consumers China and the United States.
04 May 2013
©REUTERS Obama does 'not foresee' US troops in Syria President Barack Obama came close Friday to ruling out deploying US troops to Syria, saying he did not foresee a scenario in which that would be beneficial to the United States or Syria.
04 May 2013
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. ©akorda.kz Nazarbayev congratulates Kazakhstan residents on Easter Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has congratulated the country’s Orthodox Christians on the Easter celebrated tomorrow.
04 May 2013
Bodies of two US pilots found after Kyrgyzstan crash Rescuers on Saturday recovered the bodies of two US pilots whose refuelling plane crashed in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan shortly after taking off from a base that serves as a hub for military operations in Afghanistan.
04 May 2013
Three new cases of SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia Three new cases of a new SARS-like virus have been detected in Saudi Arabia.
04 May 2013
Novelist Haruki Murakami. ©REUTERS Author Murakami sends message to Boston Japanese author and keen runner Haruki Murakami sent a "personal message" to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing and said he also felt wounded by the attack on his favourite race.
04 May 2013
Pakistan election candidate shot dead: police A candidate running for parliament in next week's historic Pakistani election was shot dead on Friday along with his three-year-old son after praying in a mosque in Karachi.
04 May 2013
Penfolds pops cork on 'perfect' 2008 Grange Nestled in Australia's Adelaide hills, Penfolds Magill Estate has opened its double cellar doors to launch global sales of one of the most hyped "new world" wines in recent history.
04 May 2013
Raging California wildfire nearly triples in size A raging California wildfire nearly tripled in size Friday as it threatened 4,000 homes, although firefighters said they had gained more control over it.
04 May 2013
Obama avoids recognizing Maduro as Venezuelan president US President Barack Obama would not say Friday whether the United States recognizes Nicolas Maduro as the winner of last month's Venezuelan presidential election.
04 May 2013
Chris Anderson. Photo courtesy of blog.ted.com TED tailors 'ideas worth spreading' for TV The prestigious TED gathering known for perspective-shifting presentations by the brilliant and famous is tailoring "ideas worth spreading" for a television audience.
04 May 2013
South Africa government in crisis over wedding scandal South Africa's government announced the suspension of a slew of officials and military personnel Friday, as it tried to limit the political and diplomatic fallout from a lavish Indian wedding.
04 May 2013
Atyrau oil refinery. ©anpz.kz Over 100 houses to be demolished near Atyrau refinery 110 residential buildings with lands and 56 other land lots in Peretassovka village are located in the refinery’s buffer zone.
04 May 2013
Solar plane on cross-country US trip The first-ever manned airplane that can fly by day or night on the sun's power alone soared over the western United States late Friday on the first leg of cross-country journey.
04 May 2013

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