- Friday, 13 November, 2026
- Almaty 34 °F / 1 °C
- Astana 30 °F / -1 °C
The Samarkand meeting marks a decade of engagement between the United States and Central Asia, reflecting the region’s growing strategic importance, Kazakhstan’s role in advancing regional diplomacy,...
ASTANA – Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov met with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar in Astana on Oct. 21 to discuss strengthening...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Security Council has approved a military reform plan aimed at modernizing the Armed Forces, restructuring military management and training, and establishing a new Unmanned...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan ranked 15th among the world’s largest gold-producing countries in 2025, producing 82.4 tons of gold, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). However, output...
There are critical moments in the life of nations and states when shared history ceases to be merely a memory and becomes a force shaping the future....
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is seeking to expand cooperation with Egypt and the League of Arab States in diplomacy, religious education and interfaith dialogue, as Foreign Minister Mukhtar...
ALMATY – An international exhibition exploring women’s heritage, ancestral knowledge and cultural memory through contemporary art opened at the Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture in Almaty on...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has proposed establishing a network of artificial intelligence centers under the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and integrating regional transport corridors under a unified strategy...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s ice cream exports reached $59.5 million in January-August, up from $1.2 million in the same period of 2017, marking an almost 50-fold increase over...
ASTANA – The United States and five Central Asian countries reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening economic, energy, security, and cultural cooperation at the C5+1 Ministerial meeting in...
ASTANA — The number of people using tourism services in the Kyrgyz Republic reached 5.3 million in 2025, a 45.2% increase from the previous year, as the...
ASTANA – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev plans to deliver his annual state-of-the-nation address on Oct. 28 in the first half of the day. Tokayev announced the plans in...
ALMATY – Central Asian countries are increasingly shaping how China invests, builds infrastructure and develops technological partnerships in the region, challenging the perception that Beijing follows a...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan has launched construction of a $1.8 billion copper smelter in Aktogai, the Abai Region, with an annual production capacity of 300,000 tons of cathode...
ASTANA — International Civil Aviation Organization Security Week 2026 kicked off in Astana on Oct. 20, bringing Kazakhstan’s bid for a seat on the ICAO Council, growing...
ASTANA – Japan is exploring opportunities to strengthen transport and trade links with Central Asia and the Caucasus through Kazakhstan’s Middle Corridor, with planned direct flights between...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina continues to lead the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) singles rankings, holding a lead of more than 1,600 points over her closest rival,...
The seventh Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku on Oct.15 adopted the Baku Declaration, admitted Laos as the...
ASTANA – Almaty, Shymkent, Atyrau, Istanbul, Moscow and Beijing are among the most popular flight destinations for passengers departing from Astana in 2026, according to Astana International...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s men’s fencing team has topped the International Fencing Federation (FIE) world rankings for the first time in the country’s history, following a gold-medal victory...
ASTANA – KMG International, a subsidiary of Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company KazMunayGas, reported a 73% year-on-year increase in consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan is forecast to experience a relatively mild winter, with temperatures above the climatic norm in most regions and increased precipitation expected across parts of...
ASTANA — Protecting teenagers online requires more than privacy settings and messaging restrictions, as ensuring that recommended content is age-appropriate remains a challenge, said Philip Chua, Director...
ASTANA — Kazakhstan has reached an agreement to resolve a yearslong dispute over costs at the Dunga oil field in the Mangystau Region, clearing the way for...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan and the United States reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening their strategic partnership, expanding trade and investment, and advancing cooperation in energy, critical minerals, digitalization,...
ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s exports rose 19.5% year on year to $60.4 billion in January-August, outpacing import growth by more than four times and expanding the country’s trade...
The eighth Consultative Meeting in Avaza, Turkmenistan, on Oct. 8 was the first regular summit since Azerbaijan became a full participant in the format in November 2025....
ASTANA – Kazakhstan won two gold medals at the fifth Asian Para Games in Japan, with Yerkin Gabbasov and David Degtyarev taking gold in para shooting and...
ASTANA – Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Issagaliyev called for resolving conflicts through political and diplomatic means during the 52nd Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)...
ASTANA – The Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) has raised its forecast for Kazakhstan’s economic growth in 2027 to 5%, up from 4.6% in its...
