Astana - European countries on Thursday voted to launch a Nations League tournament in 2018 to run parallel to the World Cup and European Championship.The 54 UEFA countries will be divided into divisions with promotion and relegation and offer an extra chance t...

Astana - UEFA will on Thursday approve a new "League of Nations" tournament for European countries alongside the World Cup and European Championship, officials said.

Baykonur - A Soyuz rocket carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut failed to dock as planned early Wednesday to the International Space Station, the Russian and US space agencies said Wednesday, citing a problem on approach.The rocket, which took off wi...

Almaty - Kazakh police on Saturday detained protesters at an unsanctioned rally in Almaty against the devaluation of the national currency, the Interfax-Kazakhstan news agency reported.Around 50 protesters gathered on the main Republic Square in Almaty for a ra...

Mukhtarbay Otelbayev, a Kazakh mathematician from the Eurasian National University in Astana, Kazakhstan, is claiming to have solved a math problem worth one million dollars. The claims are hard to evaluate because the problem wasn't written in English.

Since July 2013, Belarus and China have started building a comprehensive strategic partnership, by signing multiple key agreements, which would lead to an anticipated 150 mutually beneficial investment projects until 2020.

Moscow - Two Russian cosmonauts have taken the torch for the Sochi Winter Olympics on a spacewalk as part of the Olympic torch relay. This is the first time any Olympic torch has been on a spacewalk.

The Expedition 36 crew members, comprising two Russian Cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut returned safely to Earth on Wednesday after 166 days in space, on board a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

A 15-year-old boy has died in Kyrgyzstan of the bubonic plague. Officials say it is the first case in the country in 30 years.

The Philippine national basketball team, Gilas Pilipinas, has earned a semi-final slot in the ongoing FIBA Asia Championship games after beating Kazakhstan by 30 points in their quarterfinal game at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, Philippines.

Mouans-sartoux - A Kazakh oligarch who went on the lam after being accused of embezzling $6 billion from his former bank has been arrested in France.

Almaty - A gas tanker exploded in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan, causing an eight-story building to catch fire and massive damage to cars in the area.

Astana - Despite artificial turf and five hours time difference, Germany easily defeated Kazakistan. Goals by Schweinsteiger and Goetze, two minutes apart in the first half and another by Thomas Mueller before full time, Germany won its fourth of five group games.

Astana - The Bundesliga is taking a break this weekend to make way for World Cup 2014 qualification. Germany will face Kazakhstan in two matches, the first one on March 22 in Kazakhstan, the other in Germany on March 26. Germany is the favorite of experts.

After a delay of 1 day due to bad weather, a Soyuz capsule has now safely landed in northeast Kazakhstan, bringing home 2 Russian cosmonauts and 1 American astronaut from their 5 month stint on the ISS. The next trip is planned to arrive in record time.

Chelyabinsk - Witnesses in Russia's Urals region panicked when a series of explosions and bright flashes hit the sky. Initial reports said a meteorite may have been blown to pieces by a missile, but this is not the case. More than 1,000 people have been injured.

The Russian Soyuz TMA07 spaceship took off on Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This time the craft is carrying a musical crew of three astronauts to the ISS.

NASA has released a photo of the plasma trail left by the Soyuz TMA-05M re-entry module as it entered Earth's atmosphere on Monday.

Three members of the the Expedition 33 crew returned to earth on Monday after spending 127 days in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

WBO, WBA and IBF heavyweight titleholder Wladimir Klitschko retained his titles Saturday against unbeaten Polish challenger Mariusz Wach in Germany.