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In this handout picture released by Kazakhstan's emergency situations ministry on December 26, 2024, emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau. Photo: AFP

Kremlin cautions on 'hypotheses' over plane crash

Some experts believe the plane may have been accidentally shot by Russian air defence systems

December 26, 2024| AFP
Elnara Shorazova has won a case against her former lawyer. File photo

Lawyer ordered to pay oligarch’s widow €300,000

Client had filed a case against her own lawyer over failed repayments of funds

June 2, 2023| Matthew Xuereb
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who was re-elected last month, has denounced the "systemic character" of accidents involving the company. Photo: Kazakhstan Presidential Press Service / AFP

Kazakhstan threatens to ban ArcelorMittal after worker death

Five miners were killed last month at mine operated by Luxemburg-based company

December 8, 2022| AFP
Pope Francis attends the plenary session of the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. Photo: AFP

Pope warns against use of religion as prop for power

Pontiff on visit to Kazakhstan

September 14, 2022| AFP
Protesters persist peacefully in southwest Kazakhstan as government tightens grip. Photo: AFP

Nearly 6,000 held in Kazakhstan over riots

Nearly 6,000 people, including a number of foreigners, have been arrested in Kazakhstan over the riots that have shaken Central Asia's largest country, the presidency said on Sunday. The energy-rich nation of 19 million people has been rocked by a week...

January 9, 2022| AFP
Security forces detain a demonstrator demonstrator during a rally outside the Kyrgyz parliament building in Bishkek during a protest against the decision by the Collective Security Treaty Organisation to deploy a peacekeeping contingent to Kazakhstan. Photo: AFP

Kazakhstan's president rejects talks and tells forces to 'shoot to kill'

Interior ministry says 26 'armed criminals' have been killed

January 7, 2022| AFP
A burned-out bulldozer is seen in central Almaty. Photo: AFP

Russia-led troops sent to Kazakhstan as 'dozens' killed in unrest

A Moscow-led military alliance dispatched troops to help quell mounting unrest in Kazakhstan on Thursday as police said dozens were killed trying to storm government buildings. Long seen as one the most stable of the ex-Soviet republics of Central...

January 6, 2022| AFP