Kazakhstan

New Russian space launch vehicle undergoing final tests, top official says

Plans call for the new two-stage rocket, capable of placing payloads of up to 17 metric tonnes in orbit, to be used in place of Zenit rockets.

FILE PHOTO: A Soyuz-2.1a rocket booster with a Progress MS-33 cargo spacecraft blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan March 22, 2026.
Illustrative image of a town in Central Asia.

Ignoring Central Asia’s environmental crisis is a strategic mistake - opinion

Birds fly near the Jag Vasant vessel transferring LPG at a port after transiting the Strait of Hormuz amid supply disruptions linked to the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Mumbai, India, April 1, 2026.

South Korea envoy to visit Kazakhstan, Oman, Saudi Arabia to secure oil supplies

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises following a strike on the Bapco Oil Refinery, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, on Sitra Island Bahrain, March 9, 2026.

Escalating Gulf war highlights limits of US strategy, search for mediators intensifies - analysis


Tech Talk: Hello, Kazakhstan

The Israeli exchange will provide a basket of cybersecurity services and solutions that are relevant for the new exchange in Kazakhstan.

Ittai Ben-Zeev

Grapevine: A Kazakh feast

There was quite a large attendance at the Kazakhstan reception, and guests piled their plates with authentic Kazakhstan cuisine and came back for more.

From left: Avner, Amos and Uri Kurz, President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Amir Kurz

Sacha Baron Cohen offers to pay tourists’ mankini fines

Last week, a group of six Czech tourists got into trouble in real-life Kazakhstan for wearing Borat-style mankinis.

Sacha Baron Cohen

Body of missing hiker Hila Livne found in Kyrgyzstan before Yom Kippur

A Facebook group dedicated to finding Hila said she loved nature and traveling, noting that she had visited Australia and New Zealand and hiked the Israeli Trail.

Hila Livne

Water-related pollution matters. Just look at the Aral Sea.

The health of local people has been significantly impacted by these dust contaminants.

A girl smiles next to her bicycle at the old part of the village of Karateren, near the Aral Sea, south-western Kazakhstan, April 15, 2017.

Israel and Kazakhstan’s futurist vision for Eurasia

Spanning the western border of China and the eastern borders of European Russia and the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan – like the Eastern Mediterranean – forms a vital geo-economic link between Europe and Asia.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu en route to Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.