Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country largely located in Central Asia with the most western parts of it being located in Eastern Europe. It is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest country in the world, with an area of 2,724,900 square kilometres (1,052,100 sq mi). Kazakhstan is the most dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources.
Kazakh police detained dozens of opposition supporters who staged public protests against the government of the Central Asian nation on Saturday. Reuters - Published
Kazakh police on Friday detained an activist who led efforts to create a new opposition party and who had called for a public protest at the weekend against harassment of the party's supporters. Reuters - Published
The governor of a Kazakh province bordering China said on Thursday he would seek the deportation of dozens of Chinese workers. According to Reuters, the governor hopes to defuse the local..
Eight people died and more than 40 others were injured during clashes in southern Kazakhstan. The government is trying to understand what sparked the riots. It is believed they involved the local..
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A capsule carrying a crew of three from the International Space Station, including record-setting United States astronaut Christina Koch, landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday. Chris Dignam has more.
U.S. astronaut Christina Koch, who led the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, was due to return to Earth on Thursday. Koch is returning after completing a record stay aboard the International Space..
A capsule carrying a crew of three from the International Space Station, including record-setting United States astronaut Christina Koch, landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday (February 6).
Human Rights Watch reports physical violence, forced sedation and an attitude of neglect towards children with disabilities in Kazakhstan state institutions.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in Kazakhstan on Sunday, urged the country to press neighboring Beijing over its treatment of Muslim minorities such as Uighurs. David Doyle reports.
Technical failure, pilot error and weather conditions are being considered as possible causes of the plane crash in Kazakhstan which left 12 people dead and more than 50 injured. The Bek Air jet,..
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A plane with 98 people aboard crashed shortly after take-off early on Friday in Kazakhstan, killing at least 12 people, Kazakh officials said.View on euronews
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At least 12 people were killed and more than twenty hospitalized after a plane operated by a local airline crashed in Kazakhstan on Friday. Jayson Albano reports.
A Kazakhstan plane with 98 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff early on Friday, killing at least 15 people, officials in Almaty said. At least 66 others survived with injuries, 50 of them..
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At least fifteen people were killed and more than twenty hospitalized after a plane operated by a local airline crashed in Kazakhstan on Friday. Jayson Albano reports.
A Kazakh court on Friday sentenced three poachers to life in prison for murdering a state ranger who attempted to stop them from hunting endangered saiga antelope, a case that drew the attention of.. Reuters - Published
A grandson of Kazakhstan's powerful former President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Thursday he was seeking political asylum in Britain, complaining that he was under pressure from his family. Reuters - Published
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday accepted the resignation of the governor of the southern Zhambyl province, where 10 people were killed in ethnic clashes last week, his office said. Reuters - Published
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Monday sacked the police chief and a deputy governor of the southern Zhambyl province, where 10 people were killed in ethnic clashes last week, his office.. Reuters - Published
Kazakhstan will send two planes to China on Feb. 10 and Feb. 12 to evacuate its citizens amid a coronavirus outbreak, the Central Asian nation's foreign ministry said on Monday. Reuters - Published
Two more people have died from wounds sustained in the Feb. 7 clashes in southern Kazakhstan, bringing the total number of casualties to 10, the authorities said on Sunday. Reuters - Published
Eight people were killed and scores wounded in a series of clashes overnight in villages in Kazakhstan's southern Zhambyl province, with homes and businesses torched, the interior minister said on.. Reuters - Published
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held an emergency government session Saturday to tackle Friday's violence in an ethnically-mixed pocket of the Jambyl region, near the border with Kyrgyzstan. A.. WorldNews - Published
A brawl and a series of clashes in several villages in Kazakhstan's southern Zhambyl province have left a number of people dead and wounded, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Saturday, without.. Reuters - Published
Kazakhstan's postal operator, Kazpost, has stopped moving mail to and from China amid the new coronavirus outbreak there, Kazpost said on Thursday. Reuters - Published
Kazakhstan has banned the exports of protective masks after their sales to neighbouring China surged amid the coronavirus outbreak, pushing up local prices and limiting availability. Reuters - Published
U.S. astronaut Christina Koch, who led the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday after a record stay on the International Space Station, ending a 328-day mission expected.. Reuters - Published
China has been more transparent about the coronavirus than it has been in previous crises but Beijing has not yet accepted a U.S. offer of help to contain the epidemic, White House national security.. Reuters - Published
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday pressed Kazakhstan to be wary of Chinese investment and influence, urging the Central Asian nation and others to join calls demanding an end to China’s.. WorldNews - Published
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Kazakhstan on Sunday to join Washington in pressing Beijing over its treatment of Muslim minorities, a sensitive matter for the Central Asian nation which has.. Reuters - Published
Kazakhstan has evacuated 83 of its citizens, mostly students, from the Chinese city of Wuhan which is epicenter of a new coronavirus epidemic, Kazakhstan's government said on Sunday. Reuters - Published
Kazakhstan is suspending all forms of passenger travel to and from neighboring China, the Central Asian nation's government said on Wednesday as an outbreak of a new coronavirus continued to widen. Reuters - Published
Kazakhstan will require medical certificates from Chinese citizens seeking visas and has stopped issuing electronic visas to them on arrival as a protective measure against the spread of a new.. Reuters - Published
Kazakh police has awarded a passenger of the Bek Air jet that crashed in December, after he covered a pregnant woman with his body to protect her during the horrific incident shown on a CCTV footage.. WorldNews - Published
Country honours 12 people killed when Bek Air flight crashed shortly after takeoff Kazakhstan has observed a national day of mourning for the 12 people died when an airliner crashed into a house.. WorldNews - Published
Kazakhstan observed a national day of mourning on Saturday a day after 12 people died when an airliner crashed shortly after takeoff and slammed into a house. France 24 - Published
Twelve people were killed and dozens injured when a plane with nearly 100 passengers and crew on board crashed soon after take-off in Kazakhstan on Friday. Reuters - Published
A passenger plane carrying nearly 100 people crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday after take off, slamming into a house in an accident that killed 12 people and injured dozens. Reuters - Published
Kazakh authorities said 12 people were killed when their passenger plane carrying nearly 100 people crashed on Friday shortly after departing from Almaty airport. Reuters - Published
A Bek Air plane with 93 passengers and five crew members on board crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday shortly after taking off, killing at least 15 people, authorities in the.. Reuters - Published
A Bek Air plane with 95 passengers and five crew members on board crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday shortly after taking off, killing at least 14 people, authorities in the.. France 24 - Published
A Bek Air plane with 95 passengers and five crew members on board crashed near the city of Almaty in Kazakhstan on Friday shortly after taking off, killing at least 14 people, authorities in the.. Reuters - Published
(CNN)At least seven people have died after a plane carrying 95 passengers and five crew members crashed shortly after takeoff near the... WorldNews - Published
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