Obama breaks off vacation to deal with fiscal cliff
President Barack Obama was to cut his holiday short and head back to Washington on Wednesday to try to address the "fiscal cliff," a set of tax hikes and spending cuts to take effect next year.
China suspends officials after 11 kids die in road wreck
A city in east China suspended 12 officials Wednesday, including a vice mayor, policemen and education administrators, after 11 children were killed in a road wreck involving an overloaded vehicle.
Thousands flee Malaysia floods
Floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Malaysia forced almost 14,000 people to flee their homes and seek shelter at relief centres.
Bangladesh slaughters 150,000 birds over avian flu
Bangladesh's livestock authorities are slaughtering around 150,000 chickens at a giant poultry farm near Dhaka after the worst outbreak of avian flu in five years.
Netanyahu launches re-election bid centred on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday put Iran at the top of on his re-election campaign, pledging that halting Tehran's nuclear programme would be his first priority as premier.
S. Korea's KT bids for Vivendi stake in Maroc
South Korean mobile operator KT said Wednesday it has submitted a preliminary bid for French group Vivendi's stake in Moroccan carrier Maroc in a deal estimated to be worth more than $7 billion.
Three Afghans killed in suicide attack on US base
A suicide car bombing hit a US-run base in eastern Afghanistan Wednesday, killing at least three Afghans and wounding seven others.
Seoul says has other drone options than Global Hawks
South Korea is not necessarily committed to buying US Global Hawk surveillance drones, a spokesman said Wednesday, after the Pentagon requested congressional permission for such a sale.
No entertainment shows or advertisement in Kazakhstan media on December 27
Kazakhstan media will not broadcast any entertainment programs and advertisement on December 27 because of the national mourning day.
Abai Brekeshev to temporarily head Kazakhstan's Border Control Service
Abai Brekeshev will temporarily replace Turganbek Stambekov who died in the plane crash on December 25.
Abykayev named possible reasons of AN-72 crash near Shymkent
Chairman of Kazakhstan National Security Commission Nurtai Abykayev has given several versions of the recent plane crash near Shymkent.
Egypt adopts new constitution as opposition cries foul
Egypt's electoral commission confirmed on Tuesday that a controversial, Islamist-backed constitution was passed by 64 percent of voters, rejecting opposition allegations of polling fraud.
China and emerging powers to pay more for UN
China, Brazil, India and other emerging powers agreed to major increases in their United Nations payments as the global body hammered out a new budget deal this week to avoid its own fiscal cliff.
Kazakhstan declares national mourning over plane crash victims
The national day of mourning has been declared by Kazakhstan President’s decree over the death of the militarymen in the plane crash near Shymkent.
Akhmetov expressed condolences to families of plane crash victims
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov has expressed condolences to the families of the victims of the plane crash near Shymkent.
France to transit military property from Afghanistan via Shymkent
Transit of French military property and personnel will go via Kazakhstan's Shymkent airport.
Gazprom requests KazTransGas to lower gas prices for Kyrgyzstan
Gazprom is requesting that KazTransGas lowers gas prices from $224 to $200 for 500 million cubic meters to be supplied to Kyrgyzstan.
Kazakhstan to develop tourism in Turkish Kemer
Kazakhstan will receive some land in the forest in Kemer district of Antalya province in Turkey.
Racing: Astana racers left for Africa Race
Kazakhstan’s Astana is represented by 4 maintenance vehicles and 3 crews.
Serik Akhmetov met with head of Lukoil in Astana
The meeting covered cooperation in oil and gas, as well as implementation of joint projects in oil production.
