The United Nations Security Council has expressed support for Syria peace talks sponsored by Russia, Turkey and Iran next week, but stressed that the effort must not serve to sideline UN-led negotiations.
A Kazakh citizen residing in New York has pleaded guilty to having conspired to provide material support to the Islamic State (IS) extremist group.
A Kazakh court has cut the prison term of former Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov following a mass amnesty marking the 25th anniversary of the country's independence.
One of Syria's most powerful rebel groups, the Islamist Ahrar al-Sham, said it will not attend peace talks scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan on January 23.
A protest by oil workers in western Kazakhstan against the closure of a confederation of independent trade unions is growing in magnitude as it approaches the end of its second week.
Some 400 oil workers have joined a hunger strike in western Kazakhstan since a court shut down their trade organization in early January. Activists say it is the latest in a series of moves by the Kazakh government against organized labor. (RFE/RL's Kazakh Service)
Iran says it opposes the United States joining peace talks on Syria to be held in Kazakhstan next week.
Prominent Kazakh journalist Bigeldy Gabdullin has gone on trial in Astana on extortion charges.
A former deputy chief of Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev's administration has been arrested, two days after his dismissal.
A commercial matchmaker has come under fire in Kazakhstan over efforts to recruit bachelorettes for wealthy Chinese customers willing to plonk down hard cash for a mate.
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev began a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates on January 15.
The government has been slowly squeezing independent unions since an oil worker strike in western Kazakhstan in 2011. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
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