A magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked a mountainous and remote part of China's far western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, with multiple injuries reported by state media and in Central Asian countries hundreds of miles away.
The quake struck Wushi (...)
CALGARY, Canada — Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman has inked a memorandum of understanding with Pedro Miras, president of the World Petroleum Council, outlining plans for Saudi Arabia to host the 25th edition of the conference in (...)
Voters in Kazakhstan will go to the polls on Sunday, casting their ballots in a snap election, the first since deadly unrest gripped the resource-rich Central Asian nation a year ago.
The vote comes after a short but active campaign for seats in the (...)
King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language has announced the launching of the second phase of a project to train Arabic language teachers for non-speakers, to develop the skills of Arabic teachers for non-speakers, enabling them to teach Arabic (...)
King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language has launched the second phase of a project to train Arabic language teachers for non-speakers.
The project aims to develop the skills of Arabic teachers for non-speakers, enabling them to teach Arabic (...)
Voters in Kazakhstan are casting their ballots Sunday in a snap election that looks likely to return the incumbent president to power, in an election the OSCE has described as "low-key."
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who faced a (...)
flynas, in cooperation with the Air Connectivity Program, celebrated the launching of its first direct flights between Jeddah and Marseille, the southern port in France and the second most populous city in the country, on the 9th of November (...)
The organizational committee of the World Petroleum Congress has announced accepting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's bid to host and organize the congress and its accompanying exhibition in 2026, on the sidelines of the Youth Forum that World (...)
The organizational committee of the World Petroleum Congress has accepted Saudi Arabia's bid to host the 25th edition of the congress and its accompanying exhibition in 2026. This was announced on the sidelines of the Youth Forum that World (...)
Flynas announced that it has signed an agreement with the Air Connectivity Program to launch four new and direct destinations to cities in Europe, North Africa, and Central Asia, to facilitate the arrival of visitors, including tourists, pilgrims (...)
More than 4,300 people were detained at anti-war protests across Russia on Sunday, rights groups and Russian authorities say.
Some 1,700 people were detained in Moscow alone, Ria news agency reports, citing the interior ministry.
The OVD-Info rights (...)
More than 600 family members of Daesh (so-called IS) fighters have been repatriated from Syria to Kazakhstan over the last three years, as part of an initiative to rehabilitate women and children from the country.
One formerly radicalized wife who (...)
The armed men in uniforms checked every ward, shouting that they were looking for people wounded in mass unrest that had left scores dead.
Asel, who had been shot in the violence and was being treated in the hospital in Kazakhstan's biggest city (...)
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has dismissed the country's defense minister in the wake of unprecedented demonstrations.
Murat Bektanov was criticized by Tokayev for a lack of "leadership qualities" during the unrest and was fired on (...)
As the death toll from the recent unrest in Kazakhstan mounts to 164, the UN Office for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday requested "prompt, independent, impartial investigations" into the killings, and whether "unnecessary and disproportionate use of (...)
The sound of the broken glass echoed as Andrey Mikhaylovich walked inside a looted shopping mall on the outskirts of Almaty, Kazakhstan's biggest city. Empty boxes, phone cases, shoes and other leftover goods were scattered everywhere, reports (...)
The president of Kazakhstan has claimed that the recent violent demonstrations that have shaken the country were an "attempted coup d'état" by "armed fighters", adding that his forces would "never" fire on peaceful protesters.
Both President (...)
At least 164 people have died in Kazakhstan during violent anti-government protests, according to media reports citing health officials. If confirmed it would mark a sharp rise from the previous figure of 44 deaths.
Almost 6,000 people have been (...)
The former head of Kazakhstan's anti-terror agency was arrested on charges of attempted government overthrow in the wake of violent protests in the country.
The arrest of Karim Masimov was announced by the National Security Committee, which Kasimov (...)
Kazakhstan's authoritarian leader says he has ordered security forces to "fire without warning", amid a violent crackdown on anti-government protests, BBC reported.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev also said "20,000 bandits" had attacked the main (...)
Amid alarming reports of deadly violence in Kazakhstan, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Asia have called for restraint and dialogue.
Speaking to journalists on Thursday in (...)
Russian-led military troops will be deployed to help "stabilize" Kazakhstan amid anti-government demonstrations, BBC reported.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called for support from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as nationwide (...)
Dozens of protesters were killed by police on Wednesday night as they tried to seize administrative buildings in Kazakhstan, police said.
"Last night, extremist forces tried to storm administrative buildings, the Almaty city police department, as (...)
ALMATY - Saudi athlete Tarek Hamdi won the gold medal on Wednesday in the men's +84kg category at the 17th edition of the 2021 Asian Karate Championships.
Hamdi won the gold medal after defeating his Iranian opponent 4/0 during his participation in (...)
The Republic of Kazakhstan is boosting its position as a trade hub for Europe and Asia by joining the World Logistics Passport (WLP), a major initiative established to increase trading opportunities between developing markets.
Kazakhstan Minister of (...)
