One person died and 11 people were injured when protesters clashed with police in the village of Shetpe in the Mangistau region of western Kazakhstan late on Saturday, the Kazakh prosecutor-general's office said in a statement.
President Nursultan (...)
AlHijjah 16, 1432, Nov 12, 2011, SPA - At least three people were killed in an explosion and shootout on Saturday in the centre of the Kazakh city of Taraz, Interfax news agency reported.
Interfax was quoted as saying by Reuters that the shootout (...)
Kazakh oil and gas company Kazmunaigas Exploration Production says ongoing strikes at one of its production units has led to disappointing output figures so far this year, according to AP.
London-listed KMG EP said in a statement Thursday that it (...)
Akhir 11, 1432, March 16, 2011, SPA -- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and two Russian cosmonauts have landed safely in the snowy expanses of central Kazakhstan after a five-month stint on the International Space Station.
The Soyuz descent module (...)
British and U.S. troops will join Kazakh forces for 10 days of military exercises from Monday, culminating in a mock peacekeeping operation to strengthen links between the three countries on Central Asian soil, according to Reuters.
More than 1,000 (...)
An international police mission
designed to help authorities restore stability to Kyrgyzstan
following bloody ethnic clashes is on track, dpa quoted Germany's foreign
minister as saying Saturday.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation (...)
Under the follow-up of the Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin Khoja, the eight-day activities of Saudi Cultural Days were concluded today in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The final activities were attended by the Undersecretary (...)
Deputy Mayor of Almaty Search Tra Ravich Siromavov received today Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Information for International Cultural Relations Dr. AbuBakr Baqadir.
During the meeting, cordial talks were exchanged and (...)
The death toll from a massive flood that devastated a village in southern Kazakhstan has soared to 35, the country's president said Saturday.
A privately owned dam at a reservoir in the eastern Almaty region neighboring China ruptured Thursday (...)
U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke visited Kazakhstan on Sunday.
«We are talking to all the countries that have a concern in the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and that is why we are here today,» Holbrooke said in Kazakh capital of (...)
Uzbek President Islam Karimov received here yesterday the visiting U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke.
During his talks Holbrooke, the Uzbek President said he was ready for more dialogue, state media (...)
A fire at a drug treatment center in southern Kazakhstan killed 38 people early
Sunday, officials said.
The blaze broke out at about 5:30 a.m. local time (2330
GMT) and spread over an area of 7,000 square feet (650
square meters) in Taldykorgan (...)
Thousands of ethnic Uighurs
rallied in the Kazakhstan city of Almaty on Sunday to protest
against a crackdown against Uighurs in the neighbouring Chinese
region of Xinjiang.
Around 5,000 Uighurs, including women wearing white scarves
as a sign (...)
Twelve people died early on
Sunday after a truck crashed into their minibus in the former
Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, the Emergency Ministry said.
Officials said the accident happened around 2 a.m in the
east of the country on the highway (...)
A large gunfight erupted overnight in the capital of Turkmenistan, witnesses said on Saturday.
Local people told The Associated Press that armored personnel carriers were circulating in the area of the clash. Streets in the district were closed off (...)
Kazakhstan's Economics Minister
said Wednesday the government has lowered this year's oil
output forecast to 67.6 million tons.
Bakhyt Sultanov said the volume has been revised downward
from the Energy Ministry's earlier projection of 70 (...)
At least five coal miners were
feared dead in Kazakhstan on Monday following an accident at an
ArcelorMittal mine, the company said.
"At present five people are still missing," ArcelorMittal
said in a statement quoted by (...)
