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​Indian maid's hand 'chopped off' by Saudi employers

New Delhi has lodged a formal protest with Saudi Arabia after an Indian maid had her hand chopped off by her employer. The woman reportedly had complained about work conditions and is now recovering in a Saudi hospital. October 9 2015, 18:44 2 582 views

Ecology

​Upcoming week will be cold

"Kazhydromet" weather forecasting agency informed that warm weather will only come at the end of next week. October 9 2015, 16:12 11 731 views

Kazakhstan News

Poroshenko and Nazarbayev signs Ukraine-Kazakhstan Action Plan for 2015-2017

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev have signed the Ukraine-Kazakhstan Action Plan for 2015-2017, which outlines the key vectors of cooperation between the countries in the near-term perspective, the press service of the head of state reported. October 9 2015, 15:59 2 957 views

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Nobel peace prize 2015 goes to Tunisian civil society groups

Speaking at a news conference in Oslo, Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Kaci Kullmann Five said: “the Quartet exercised its role as a mediator and driving force to advance peaceful democratic development in Tunisia with great moral authority." October 9 2015, 15:50 3 321 views

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Svetlana Alexievich wins 2015 Nobel prize in literature

Swedish Academy praises Belarusian writer's work as a 'monument to suffering in our time'. October 9 2015, 12:05 2 623 views

Kazakhstan News

​Ukraine intends to assemble AN aircraft in Kazakhstan

Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing of Ukraine Gennady Zubko voiced an intention of "Antonov" concern to assemble AN aircraft in Kazakhstan. October 9 2015, 11:58 2 345 views

Kazakhstan News

Ukrainian businesses invited to invest in Kazakhstan agriculture

Speaking at today's Kazakh-Ukrainian business forum First Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev has designated areas with great potential for Kazakhstan-Ukraine cooperation. October 9 2015, 11:52 2 511 views

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Nobel Peace Prize 2015: Likely contenders

The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize remains shrouded in secrecy before Friday's announcement of the winner, but that doesn't stop the annual guessing game about who is in the running. October 9 2015, 10:55 3 866 views

Kazakhstan News

Astana hosts Kazakh-Ukrainian Business Forum

The Kazakh-Ukrainian business forum began its work in the framework of the official visit of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to Kazakhstan at the Palace of Independence in Astana. October 9 2015, 10:42 2 757 views

Kazakhstan News

Current tenge exchange rate is adequate: Kazakhstan central bank Governor

Governor of the Kazakhstan National Bank Kairat Kelimbetov sees the current exchange rate as adequate considering the present situation. October 9 2015, 10:04 2 923 views

Kazakhstan News

​K. Massimov and P. Poroshenko discussed issues of bilateral cooperation

Today, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Karim Massimov held a meeting with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, who arrived in Astana within his working visit. October 9 2015, 00:11 2 262 views

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Obama apologizes to Doctors Without Borders for airstrike

President Obama apologized to Doctors Without Borders for the airstrike that killed at least 22 people last weekend, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest announced today. October 9 2015, 00:05 2 384 views

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Clinton opposes new Pacific trade pact in break with Obama

.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she does not support the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), rejecting a central tenet of President Barack Obama's strategic pivot to Asia. October 8 2015, 12:44 2 188 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan to end 'mobile slavery' from Jan 1, 2016

Kazakhstan will end so-called "mobile slavery" by introducing from January 1, 2016 mobile number portability service. October 8 2015, 12:30 2 357 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan states of 20 new large oil fields

Explorations at depths of 7,000 to 15,000 meters can lead to discovery of over two dozen large hydrocarbon deposits in Kazakhstan, IA Novosti-Kazakhstan quoted Magzum Mirzagaliyev, the country's vice-minister of energy, as saying Oct. 7. October 7 2015, 16:49 2 575 views

Kazakhstan News

Scottish company signed multi-million dollar contract in Kazakhstan

Energy services giant Wood Group headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by US-based Bechtel to work on the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan, Wood Group reported on Oct. 7. October 7 2015, 16:15 4 117 views

World News

US Officials Ask How ISIS Got So Many Toyota Trucks

U.S. counter-terror officials have asked Toyota, the world's second largest auto maker, to help them determine how ISIS has managed to acquire the large number of Toyota pick-up trucks and SUVs seen prominently in the terror group's propaganda videos in Iraq, Syria and Libya, ABC News has learned. October 7 2015, 15:32 2 707 views

Kazakhstan News

Oil and Gas Exhibition KIOGE kicks off in Almaty

The official opening ceremony of the 23rd Kazakhstan International Exhibition Oil and Gas KIOGE 2015 has been held in Almaty today. October 7 2015, 15:26 3 025 views

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​Kunduz bombing: MSF demands Afghan war crimes probe

Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres is seeking to invoke a never-used body to investigate the US bombing of its hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz. October 7 2015, 15:22 2 467 views

World News

DNA repair wins chemistry Nobel

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded for discoveries in DNA repair. October 7 2015, 15:15 2 281 views

Kazakhstan News

​Head of Ministry of Energy recommends to avoid purchasing fuel at KazMunaiGas refueling stations

Vladimir Shkolnik, Minister of Energy, recommends Kazakhstani people to avoid purchasing AI -92/93 at the refueling stations of KazMunaiGas which increased the prices by 5 tenge to 130 tenge per liter. October 7 2015, 15:00 2 644 views

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Fifteen dead as South Carolina gripped by historic flooding

South Carolina grappled with the damage wrought by record rainfall, as the death toll from widespread flooding rose to 15 on Tuesday and residents braced for more evacuations in areas near dams and swollen waterways across the state. October 7 2015, 12:21 3 335 views

Ecology

​Cold snap and wet snow in the western regions of Kazakhstan

Weather forecast for 8-10 October, 2015 from Kazhydromet. October 7 2015, 11:58 6 440 views

World News

Microsoft launches Windows laptop

Microsoft has launched a laptop dubbed the Surface Book, as part of a suite of new Windows 10 products. October 7 2015, 11:22 2 699 views

Kazakhstan News

Vladimir Putin to visit Kazakhstan in mid-October

Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a working visit to Kazakhstan in mid-October, azh.kz reports citing Kazpravda.kz. October 7 2015, 11:13 2 164 views