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Rescuers in Turkestan region have saved four tourists who went missing, VRKNews.kz reports, citing the regional emergencies department.

The escalation of armed conflict in the Middle East in late February and early March 2026 led to an unprecedented destabilisation of the regional…

Almaty, 14 October. Gold producer Solidcore Resources, known as Polymetal International until 2024, announced the results of its share buyback: it…

Astana, 16 October. From 1 January 2027 Kazakhstan will begin using a new methodology for assessing families' social welfare: households will be…

Astana, 13 October. In January–September 2026 Kazakhstan produced 69.4 million tonnes of oil, 8.3% less than a year earlier. Deputy Energy Minister…

Atyrau, 15 October. Chairman of the Management Board of KazMunayGas Askhat Khasenov, on a working trip to Atyrau Region, visited the Atyrau oil…

Baku, 15 October. At a meeting in Baku, the presidents of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Ilham Aliyev, confirmed the intention…

Baku, 15 October. Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed at the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building…

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, in his first major speech in Scotland since taking office, proposed that John Swinney's government work together to…

Pope Leo XIV and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call on 16 October.

From 14 October Ukrainian military personnel reported restrictions on Starshield, the military version of Starlink; according to Meduza, some combat…