Atyrau, December 24 05:11

cloudy

В Атырау -3

All news
- in Atyrau
- World News
- Kazakhstan News

World News

Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to baby boy, third in line to the throne

Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to baby boy, third in line to the throne

Prince William and Catherine Middleton's first child weighed 8lbs 6oz, Kensington Palace announces July 23 2013, 10:52 1 312 просмотрs

Dozens reported dead in China earthquake

Dozens reported dead in China earthquake

At least 75 killed and more than 400 injured after quake measuring up to 6.6 magnitude July 22 2013, 17:11 1 276 просмотрs

Italy mulls expelling Kazakh ambassador

Italy mulls expelling Kazakh ambassador

Italy "is still considering" expelling Kazakhstan's ambassador to Rome over his role in the deportation of a Kazakh dissident's family from Italy July 22 2013, 15:40 1 338 просмотрs

Russian Patriarch Says Gay Marriage 'Sign Of Apocalypse'

Russian Patriarch Says Gay Marriage 'Sign Of Apocalypse'

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has said that the legal recognition of same-sex marriage is "a very dangerous sign of the apocalypse." July 22 2013, 15:12 1 229 просмотрs

Kazakhstan-born man killed by neo-Nazis in Germany

Kazakhstan-born man killed by neo-Nazis in Germany

A Kazakhstan-born man has been killed by neo-Nazis during the Bavarian Folk Festival in Kaufbeuren in Southern Germany, Sueddeutsche writes. July 22 2013, 14:23 2 514 просмотрs

Norwegian woman reports being raped in Dubai, gets 16 months in jail

Norwegian woman reports being raped in Dubai, gets 16 months in jail

The 25-year-old was in the United Arab Emirates on a business trip when she was raped and reported the assault to the local police. July 22 2013, 11:51 1 966 просмотрs

'Trayvon Martin could have been me' - Barack Obama

'Trayvon Martin could have been me' - Barack Obama

President Barack Obama has said that "Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago", in his first comments on the case since last week's verdict. July 22 2013, 10:40 1 284 просмотрs

Italian PM Letta calls on Senate to back Alfano over expulsion

Italian PM Letta calls on Senate to back Alfano over expulsion

Italian PM Enrico Letta on Friday called on the Senate to reject a no-confidence vote in Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Angelino Alfano over the deportation of the family of a Kazakh dissident. Letta said it was "clear" Alfano had nothing to do with the expulsion and argued that rejecting the motion would be a vote of confidence in his left-right executive. July 19 2013, 17:28 1 298 просмотрs

Life in transit: What is it like to live in an airport?

Life in transit: What is it like to live in an airport?

This weekend, the US whistleblower Edward Snowden, will have spent four weeks in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. Two thousand miles away, in neighbouring Kazakhstan, a young man has already spent four months in the transit area of an airport - and admits it is driving him round the bend. July 19 2013, 11:28 1 274 просмотрs

Kim Jong-un 'Wants US$1 Million for Interview'

Kim Jong-un 'Wants US$1 Million for Interview'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is demanding a huge fee if the foreign press want to interview him for the 60th anniversary of the armistice on July 27 that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, a source said Wednesday. The North has invited scores of foreign reporters to the event. July 18 2013, 14:22 1 274 просмотрs

Italy minister faces more pressure over Kazakh case

Italy minister faces more pressure over Kazakh case

The deputy head of Italy's fragile ruling coalition faced growing pressure on Wednesday to resign over the expulsion of a dissident Kazakh oligarch's wife and daughter, posing a threat to the stability of Prime Minister Enrico Letta's government. July 18 2013, 12:49 1 293 просмотрs

FBI blocks release of autopsy on Boston suspects' pal

FBI blocks release of autopsy on Boston suspects' pal

Feds still investigating agent's fatal shooting of Ibragim Todashev during questioning in Florida. July 17 2013, 11:21 1 282 просмотрs

Fugitive Edward Snowden applies for asylum in Russia

Fugitive Edward Snowden applies for asylum in Russia

Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia, officials say. July 17 2013, 11:17 1 191 просмотрs

Italy's interior minister urged to quit over extradition of Ablyazov's wife

Italy's interior minister urged to quit over extradition of Ablyazov's wife

A leading Italian newspaper on Monday urged the deputy of head of Italy's fragile ruling coalition to resign over the expulsion of the wife and daughter of dissident Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov. July 16 2013, 16:17 1 657 просмотрs

How Jennifer Lopez earned $10m performing for some of the 'world's worst thugs'

How Jennifer Lopez earned $10m performing for some of the 'world's worst thugs'

Jennifer Lopez has been criticised by a US human rights organisation for accepting lucrative fees to perform for “some of the world’s worst thugs”. July 16 2013, 11:01 1 732 просмотрs

Snowden's asylum bid causes dilemma for Russia

Snowden's asylum bid causes dilemma for Russia

US whistleblower Edward Snowden intends to apply for asylum in Russia. Experts believe Snowden's hand has been forced on the matter and say that it could strain relations with the US for Russia to grant Snowden asylum. July 15 2013, 16:49 1 188 просмотрs

Obama call for calm as Zimmerman cleared of black teen death

Obama call for calm as Zimmerman cleared of black teen death

The US president Barack Obama on Sunday described the death of Trayvon Martin as "a tragedy", but called on Americans to accept the acquittal of the teenager's killer, George Zimmerman. July 15 2013, 09:44 1 571 просмотрs

Uzbek Autocrat’s Daughter Quits Her UN Job, Lambasts Swiss Authorities, Russian Telecom

Uzbek Autocrat’s Daughter Quits Her UN Job, Lambasts Swiss Authorities, Russian Telecom

The glamorous and powerful daughter of Uzbekistan’s authoritarian leader said Saturday she quit her job as the ex-Soviet nation’s representative to the United Nations in Switzerland – and accused Swiss authorities and a Russian telecom of “spreading” false rumors about losing her diplomatic immunity. July 15 2013, 09:35 1 493 просмотрs

Kazakhstan students' trial in Boston postponed

Kazakhstan students' trial in Boston postponed

A new deadline for the trial over Kazakhstan students accused of conspiring to destroy evidences in the Boston bombings case has been set to August, Arkady Bukh, the lawyer of one of the students, said. “There will be no hearings in July. A deadline is for us to appear in court so that the judge can make the calendar of the hearings and assign who will holds them and writes petitions, etc.,” Bukh told Interfax-Kazakhstan on the phone. July 12 2013, 14:22 1 602 просмотрs

Snowden Says Microsoft Collaborates with NSA

Snowden Says Microsoft Collaborates with NSA

US software giant Microsoft has closely cooperated with the US National Security Agency (NSA) July 12 2013, 10:37 1 333 просмотрs

Romania moves to punish Gulag guards

Romania moves to punish Gulag guards

Guards slammed doors on prisoners' fingers, beat them on the soles of their feet and burned them with cigarettes. They served rotten meat and forced inmates to eat excrement as punishment. In extremes of heat and cold, they made their victims haul crushing loads until they collapsed. July 11 2013, 17:21 1 492 просмотрs

Marathon Bombing Suspect, in First Court Appearance, Pleads Not Guilty

Marathon Bombing Suspect, in First Court Appearance, Pleads Not Guilty

In his first public appearance since he was captured hiding in a boat in a Boston suburb almost three months ago, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to 30 federal charges contained in a sweeping terrorism indictment. July 11 2013, 11:56 1 392 просмотрs

Congress delaying U.S. aid to Syrian rebels - sources

Congress delaying U.S. aid to Syrian rebels - sources

Congressional committees are holding up a plan to send U.S. weapons to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad because of fears that such deliveries will not be decisive and the arms might end up in the hands of Islamist militants, five U.S. national security sources said. July 10 2013, 15:25 1 265 просмотрs

Boston bombing suspect faces first court appearance

Boston bombing suspect faces first court appearance

Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is to appear in court for the first time on Wednesday following his arrest for the April attacks which left three people dead July 10 2013, 10:25 1 297 просмотрs

Egypt unrest: Brotherhood rejects Mansour poll decree

Egypt unrest: Brotherhood rejects Mansour poll decree

Senior officials in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood have rejected a timetable for new elections laid out by interim president Adly Mansour. July 9 2013, 17:41 1 188 просмотрs