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6/30/2025

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a law on Monday prohibiting individuals from wearing clothing in public places that covers their faces, joining a trend in several Central Asian countries to restrict forms o...

12/26/2024

The Kremlin on Thursday called for restraint after media reports that a Russian air defense system could have brought down an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet.

12/26/2024

Azerbaijani government sources have exclusively confirmed to Euronews on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile caused the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Aktau on Wednesday.

12/26/2024

An Embraer (EMBR3.SA), opens new tab passenger jet crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people, after diverting from an area of Russia that Moscow has recently defended against Ukrainian...

4/18/2024

Kyrgyz Ministry of Internal Affairs sent more than 50 tons of humanitarian aid to Kazakhstan on April 18 amid large-scale floods, reported the ministry’s press service.

4/11/2024

More than 98,000 people have been evacuated due to floods in Kazakhstan, the country's emergencies ministry said on Thursday.

3/4/2024

ALMATY (Reuters) - An earthquake jolted Kazakhstan's biggest city of Almaty on Monday, sending dozens of people scurrying to safety outdoors as sirens went off. The quake of magnitude estimated at about 5 in Almaty by Ka...

2/6/2024

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev named his chief of staff, Olzhas Bektenov, prime minister on Tuesday, quickly securing approval from parliament which is dominated by the ruling Amanat party.

10/29/2023

The death toll from a fire at a mine owned by ArcelorMittal in Kazakhstan rose to 42 people on Sunday as a search for four miners continued, the Ministry for Emergency Situations said.

10/24/2023

It is the return of a routine in Kazakhstan With an opposition protest called for next week authorities have been calling in activists for qu

9/26/2023

Kazakh authorities on September 20 published a list of individuals and organizations that they say "receive financial and other types of support from foreign countries, international organizations, foreigners,

9/20/2023

Calls to share scarce water resources and cooperate on security issues featured heavily in a two-day summit of the five Central Asian leaders that wrapped up in Dushanbe on September 15.

9/14/2023

Kazakhstan has remained generally neutral since the war commenced. Astana has not criticized Russia in international forums like the United Nations, nor has the Central Asian nation’s government recognized the pro-Russia...

9/13/2023

Almost 2 billion people rely on rivers that arise in the Tibetan Plateau and the Hindu Kush, among them the former Soviet republics of Central Asia. Long-term neglect, mismanagement, and overuse of water resources, coupl...

8/31/2023

Kazakhstan is buying tankers to ship its oil across across the Caspian and Black Seas, the latest sign that central Asia’s largest crude producer is seeking alternatives to its main export pipeline through Russia.

8/23/2023

If the ruble continues its downward trend, many migrants might consider leaving Russia, which could further impact the remittances received by Central Asian countries.

8/22/2023

The death toll from a fire at an ArcelorMittal coal mine in Kazakhstan rose to four after the body of another worker was found, the group's local mining unit ArcelorMittal Temirtau said on Saturday.

7/25/2023

Azamat Sarsenbaev, an activist from the Kazakh Caspian Sea city of Aqtau, is trying to bring attention to a problem that is closing in on residents of his city at the same time as their only water source recedes further...

7/11/2023

Having failed to find the 20,000 militants that supposedly sowed unrest in Kazakhstan in early 2022, prosecutors turned their focus to small-time activists

6/9/2023

Jailed Kazakh journalist Duman Mukhammedkarim, who has been on hunger strike for 10 days to protest against his 25-day jail term, has been charged with financing an extremist group, a crime punishable by up to 12 years i...

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