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Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, ​Sberbank Russia implement joint projects to expand Atyrau port

Kazakhstan railway company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy and the Russian Sberbank inked deal on implementing joint project for expansion of Atyrau river port, said German Gref, Chairman of Sberbank, at the Astana Economic Forum informs akipress.org. May 21 2015, 15:36 4 823 views

World News

ISIL controls more than half of Syria after seizing Palmyra

More than 100 Pro-Syrian government fighters have been reported killed as ISIL captured all of the historic city of Palmyra according to the British-based Syrian observatory for Human rights. May 21 2015, 14:00 1 616 views

Society

​Child drowns after falling into uncovered manhole in Atyrau

6-year-old boy accidentally drowned in the manhole in Atyrau on May 20, Wednesday evening. May 21 2015, 13:11 2 576 views

Kazakhstan News

Students from Africa to study in Kazakhstan

Young people from Africa will study in Kazakhstan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yerlan Idrissov told at the 8th Astana Economic Forum in the Palace of Independence. May 21 2015, 12:30 1 884 views

World News

Cleveland man wrongly imprisoned for 40 years sues officers who 'framed' him

A man who spent nearly 40 years in prison for a murder he did not commit filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the city of Cleveland and the police officers who he says helped frame him in 1975. May 20 2015, 16:47 1 698 views

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4-mile oil slick lines California coast after pipeline spill

A broken onshore pipeline spewed oil down a storm drain and into the Pacific Ocean for several hours before it was shut off, creating a slick some 4 miles long across a scenic stretch of central California coastline, officials said. May 20 2015, 15:30 1 528 views

Kazakhstan News

​Holy month of Ramadan begins on June 18

A sitting of the board of the spiritual council of the Muslims of Kazakhstan was held in Astana on the occasion of the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, which begins on June 18. May 20 2015, 15:20 1 707 views

World News

Chechen Official's Call to Legalize Polygamy Stirs Social Debate

A high-ranking Chechen official's call Tuesday to legalize polygamy in Russia after a local district police chief took a 17-year-old girl as his second wife last week has prompted soul searching among the Russian population, which remains torn between its relative acceptance of extramarital affairs and its attachment to the legal and social status quo, sociologists told The Moscow Times. May 20 2015, 12:37 1 963 views

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Russian team faces punishment for leaving ice before O Canada at hockey worlds

Russia will be sanctioned after their players showed a lack of respect to Canada following a 6-1 loss in the final of the world championships in Prague, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) said on Monday. May 20 2015, 12:33 1 821 views

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Russians captured in Ukraine send messages back home

Lonely and hurting, two men lie in narrow beds in a Kiev hospital as controversy swirls around them. May 20 2015, 12:06 1 840 views

Kazakhstan News

OPEC forecasts slight decrease in Kazakhstan oil production

Kazakhstan's average oil production is expected to decrease by 10,000 barrels per day over the previous year to average 1.61 million barrels per day in 2015, according to OPEC's May oil market report. May 20 2015, 11:49 2 477 views

Kazakhstan News

​Convention on Legal Status of Casian Sea may be adopted in 2016 - Russia's deputy FM

The Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea may be adopted in 2016 during the Fifth Caspian summit in Kazakhstan, State Secretary and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin told reporters on Tuesday. May 20 2015, 11:33 1 822 views

World News

6 Chinese citizens charged with stealing Silicon Valley trade secrets

Three Chinese professors were among six people charged in federal court with stealing trade secrets from two U.S. companies, including one based in San Jose, and sharing them with a university in China to obtain contracts. May 20 2015, 10:20 1 680 views

Kazakhstan News

​Central Bank Governor on National Oil Fund

The current state of the global and Kazakhstan's economy enables Kazakhstan to solve investments-related issues without decreasing the country's international reserves, including gold and FX reserves of the Central Bank and assets of the National Oil Fund,Newskaz.ru reports, citing Kairat Kelimbetov, the Central Bank Governor as saying May 19 at a press conference in Almaty. May 20 2015, 10:15 1 941 views

World News

ISIS Holds Massive Military Parade in West Anbar Celebrating Victory in Ramadi

May 19 2015, 17:58 2 507 views

Society

​Six citizens of Uzbekistan died in road accident in Zhyloi region (+photos)

Today, May 19, approx. at 10.30am on Atyrau – Aktau highway 80 km from Kulsary 6 people died in road accident. May 19 2015, 16:51 5 245 views

World News

Thousands attend counter-protest in Macedonia

Show of strength comes after opposition supporters accuse PM of corruption, phone tapping and inflaming ethnic tensions. May 19 2015, 16:07 1 659 views

Kazakhstan News

Kazakhstan’s major communications operator to be privatized

Some 49 percent of the shares of Kazakhstan's largest communications operator, Transtelecom, were sold as part of a privatization program in the country, Kazakhstan's national welfare fund Samruk-Kazyna said. May 19 2015, 15:42 1 540 views

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Death toll in multi-storey building fire in Baku reaches 13

The death toll in a fire in a multi-storey building in Azadlig Avenue in Baku, Azerbaijan, has reached 13, the representative of the Azerbaijani Healthcare Ministry, Safaya Ahm May 19 2015, 15:23 2 320 views

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​Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Sentenced to Death

After a trial that lasted over two months, a federal jury needed just 14 hours of deliberations to come to the unanimous decision that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be executed. Tsarnaev, who along with his brother, Tamerlan, planted bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon, did not express any emotion in the courthouse as the verdict on his punishment was announced late this afternoon. In the immediate aftermath of the ruling, newly appointed Attorney General Loretta Lynch called the sentence “a fitting punishment for this horrific crime." May 19 2015, 15:00 1 399 views

Kazakhstan News

​Rainy weather takes hold of Kazakhstan

It looks like shower rains, thunderstorms and stiff wind have taken hold of Kazakhstan this week. According to Kazhydromet, rainy weather will persist in the country for another three days. May 19 2015, 12:30 1 565 views

World News

Pakistani Christian erecting 140-foot cross in nation's biggest city

A Pakistani businessman who is building a 14-story cross in the heart of Pakistan's largest city claims he got the idea when God came to him in a dream. May 19 2015, 12:24 1 716 views

Kazakhstan News

IMF Says Kazakhstan Can Withstand Pressure on Tenge for Years

The Kazakh central bank, which plans to make the tenge more flexible to avoid devaluation, has enough reserves to keep it stable for several years, “even if there's strong pressure," the International Monetary Fund said. May 19 2015, 11:02 1 851 views

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Thai ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra's negligence trial begins

Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has pleaded not guilty in a brief hearing at the start of her trial on charges of negligence. May 19 2015, 10:59 1 369 views

Economy

​Kashagan: new islands to appear in the Caspian sea

Remedial activities are ongoing at the North Caspian project on section of field pipelines running between D island and Bolashak plant. Meanwhile the Consortium is going to submit to Kazakhstan a new concept of full-scale development of Kashagan. May 19 2015, 10:00 8 891 views