More than half of Kazakh voters turned out on Sunday to cast their ballots in a nationwide referendum on the construction of Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant. B
y 2 p.m. local time, voter turnout had reached 51.77%, with over 6.3 million (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman and his Kazakh counterpart Almasadam Satqaliev signed an executive program for cooperation in the renewable energy and other energy sectors.
The signing ceremony was held in the presence (...)
The lineup for the highly anticipated 2023 Next Gen ATP Finals presented by NEOM is now complete, featuring the exciting talents of American Alex Michelsen, Serbian Luca Nardi, and Italian Hamad Medjedovic.
Joining the ranks of Arthur Fils, Dominic (...)
At least 21 people have died in a fire at a mine in Kazakhstan, owned by steel giant ArcelorMittal.
The blaze came on the same day Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ordered investment in the company to be halted as he wants it to be (...)
ASTANA — The Saudi champion Hadeel Qadha has won bronze medal in the Ju-Jitsu World Youth Championship being held in Astana, capital of Kazakhstan. She competed in the category of under -14 for 2023World Cup U-14.
Hadeel demonstrated a high level of (...)
A group of people, thought to be North Korean Taekwondo athletes, have crossed the border into China.
They are said to be heading to the Taekwondo world championships in neighboring Kazakhstan.
It marks the first time that Pyongyang has sent a (...)
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the Central Asian countries (C5) — Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — all member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, have shared values and (...)
Action on the ground must match diplomacy's steadily advancing gains towards ending the 12-year-old war in Syria, where violence is once again, killing a growing numbers of civilians, the top UN official in the country said on Tuesday.
"It is vital (...)
JEDDAH — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi reaffirmed that Iran and Saudi Arabia are two great nations. "The restoration of ties between the two countries would change the equations and bring order to the region," he said during an interview with the (...)
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance has delivered the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud's gift of dates to Mozambique. The ceremony took place at the Saudi embassy in Maputo; attending was Chargé (...)
Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance has inaugurated in Astana, the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Iftar Program for the fasting Muslims during the blessed month of Ramadan.
The (...)
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 (...)
Closing its participation in the 10th Asian Athletics Championship for Futsal held in Astana, Kazakhstan from February 10 - 12, 2023, the Saudi team snatched gold and broke a number of national records.
Hussein Al-Huzam, won the gold for his team in (...)
Turkey's president again hinted at a possible new ground offensive in Syria against Kurdish militants on Tuesday, and it was Moscow that urged restraint and called on Ankara to avoid an escalation.
Russia's presidential envoy in Syria Alexander (...)
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 (...)
The Union of OIC News Agencies (UNA) concluded today a memorandum of cooperation with the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) in order to enhance cooperation between the two bodies operating within the framework of the Organization of (...)
Ankara and Moscow will work jointly on building a natural gas hub in Türkiye's Thrace region after a Russian proposal earlier this week, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"For such a distribution center, of course, Thrace is seen (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to make payments in national currencies.
Speaking at the CIS leaders' summit in Kazakhstan's capital Astana, Putin said the regional (...)
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, held here today an official session of talks with the President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
During the talks session, they discussed cooperation relations between (...)
Long queues have been building up at the Vishnevka border crossing from Russia to Kazakhstan
ASTANA — Long queues have been building up at the Vishnevka border crossing from Russia to Kazakhstan as thousands continue to flee a possible call-up for (...)
Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov received in Astana today Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al-Rabiah, at the conclusion of his two-day visit to Kazakhstan.
During the meeting, they discussed ways to (...)
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has agreed to restore the former name of the country's capital just three years after he renamed it in honor of his predecessor, his spokesperson said Tuesday.
One of Tokayev's first moves upon taking office in (...)
The Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia (MISA) Sunday hosted a senior delegation from Kazakhstan at the Saudi-Kazakh Investment Meeting, which culminated in 13 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in such fields as power, tourism, sports, (...)
The Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia (MISA) today hosted a senior delegation from Kazakhstan at the Saudi-Kazakh Investment Meeting, which culminated in 13 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) in such fields as power, tourism, sports, (...)
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 (...)
