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Atyrau model wins second place at Black Sea Pearl-2015 beauty contest
23-year-old model from Atyrau city in western Kazakhstan Marianna Khadzhamova has hauled the second place at the Black Sea Pearl-2015 beauty contest held in Crimea.
31 July 2015
Ablyazov's brother-in-law detained in Lithuania
Mukhtar Ablyazov’s brother-in-law Syrym Shalabayev has been arrested.
31 July 2015
Kazakh student wins International Chemistry Olympiad
A student from Kazakhstan's Pavlodar has won the International Chemistry Olympiad held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
31 July 2015
France, Russia reach deal on compensation of Mistral warships: senior Russian official
After eight months of negotiations France and Russia have reached a deal on the amount Paris must pay Moscow in compensation for the non-delivery of two Mistral warships.
31 July 2015
Australia says 'confident' searching in right area for MH370
Australia said it was confident the search for MH370 was being conducted in the right area with aircraft wreckage being washed to La Reunion consistent with currents from the zone they are scouring.
31 July 2015
Facebook ready to test Internet-beaming drones
Facebook said it is ready to begin test flights of a high-altitude drone designed to provide Internet access to remote locations of the world
31 July 2015
Russia opens trial against Ukrainian woman pilot 'hero'
Ukrainian pilot and lawmaker Nadiya Savchenko went on trial in Russia in a politically charged case that could send tensions between Moscow and Kiev to a new high.
31 July 2015
Bangladesh, India exchange land islands in historic deal
Bangladesh and India prepared to swap tiny islands of land, ending one of the world's most intractable border disputes.
31 July 2015
Judge keeps door open for Katy Perry to buy convent
A US judge kept the door open for pop star Katy Perry to buy a former LA convent at the centre of an unholy real estate battle, although a final decision remains on hold.
31 July 2015
Greek PM's Syriza party to hold congress in September
Greece's hard-left Syriza party agreed to hold an emergency congress in September as requested by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
31 July 2015
British PM's 'swarm' of migrants comment sparks outrage
Prime Minister David Cameron faced heavy criticism for saying a "swarm" of migrants was trying to come to Britain.
31 July 2015
Hundreds protest in Taipei after student suicide
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Taipei early calling for the education minister to resign after a student committed suicide.
31 July 2015
Trump brushes off Mexico row at Scottish golf tournament
Billionaire US presidential hopeful Donald Trump declared "the world asked me to be here" as he arrived at one his Scottish golf courses for a tournament shadowed by a row over immigration.
31 July 2015
6 stabbed as assailant repeats Gay Pride attack in Jerusalem: police
An ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed six Gay Pride marchers in Jerusalem, in a repeat of a 2005 attack for which he served 10 years behind bars.
31 July 2015
DiCaprio in Tierra del Fuego for scenes in 'The Revenant'
Leonardo DiCaprio has been spotted in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego to film scenes of "The Revenant," a new film by Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
31 July 2015
IMF says it will not join new Greece bailout right now
The International Monetary Fund said it would not join a new bailout program for Greece until conditions for debt sustainability.
31 July 2015
Mudflow consequences being remedied in Almaty; danger persists
Mudflow consequences are still being remedied in Almaty that was hit by a powerful mud flow on July 23.
30 July 2015
Ex-Prime Minister of Kazakhstan appears before court
Former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Akhmetov has appeared before the court on charges of large scale corruption.
30 July 2015
Number of people joining ISIS is decreasing: Kazakh political scientist Yerlan Karin
According to Kazakhstan’s political scientist Yerlan Karin, the number of fighters that the ISIS or Daish, its Arabic acronym, is luring has been decreasing.
30 July 2015