Assad will use chemical weapons: top defector
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will use chemical weapons against opposition forces and may have already deployed them, Nawaf Fares.
Suu Kyi makes Myanmar parliamentary debut
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi made her historic parliamentary debut Monday, marking a new phase in her near quarter century struggle to bring democracy to her army-dominated homeland.
Syria opposition meets as UN slams new violations
Exiled opposition groups tried to forge a common vision for a transition in Syria as they met Monday in Cairo as the UN rights chief accused both the regime and opposition of "serious" violations.
Russians are crazy about Abay's poetry
Book of poems, written by a great Kazakh poet Abay Qunanbayuli has sold out completely in Moscow.
Mukhtar Ablyazov accused of inciting deadly social unrest in Zhanaozen
46 criminal cases have been initiated in Kazakhstan by a special prosecutor against Mukhtar Ablyazov who is accused of siphoning off over $5 billion out of BTA Bank.