The health of imprisoned Kazakh dissident poet Aron Atabek has reportedly deteriorated since prison authorities placed him in solitary confinement almost one month ago.
Dozens of workers at the Tuplar Energy Services Company in Kazakhstan’s western city of Aqtau have launched a strike, demanding that five months' worth of overdue salaries be paid.
Kazakhstan has limited the sale of strong alcohol beverages.
The director of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) antiterrorism center has led a delegation to Iran to discuss regional security.
Iraqi tribesmen show support for security forces fighting militants in the country's north, Ukrainian activists protest a pro-Putin pianist in New York, Belarusians celebrate the Holiday of the Mermaids, plus stories from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Pakistan.
A ceremony was held in in northwest China to mark the launch of Line C of the Central Asia-China natural gas pipeline.
Recent violence along the Turkmen-Afghan border reminds Central Asian governments that the clock is ticking to the end of this year, when the bulk of foreign forces withdraw from Afghanistan. That was the topic of a roundtable discussion hosted by RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service, Azatlyk.
Paul the Octopus surprised the world with a string of accurate predictions in the FIFA World Cup in 2010. And for this year's soccer World Cup in Brazil this year, the clairvoyant animal craze continues with Psychic Saiga, an antelope from Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan says it plans to drop visa requirements for visitors from 10 countries for a one-year test period.
In a new report, Freedom House says Russia is playing a "pivotal role" in a continuing decline in democracy among the countries of the post-Soviet sphere.
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Kazakhstan have urged President Nursultan Nazarbaev to veto the country's new Criminal Code and related legislation.
Dozens of people have gathered near a penal colony in the town of Arshaly, near the Kazakh capital, Astana, to demand that they be allowed to see incarcerated relatives who may have maimed themselves.
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