Kazakhstan
Ignoring Central Asia’s environmental crisis is a strategic mistake - opinion
Falling water levels also affect river transport and port operations. The Caspian Sea's declining levels threaten ecosystems and critical economic assets, including ports and energy facilities.
South Korea envoy to visit Kazakhstan, Oman, Saudi Arabia to secure oil supplies
Escalating Gulf war highlights limits of US strategy, search for mediators intensifies - analysis
Kazakhstan to hold referendum on new constitution critics say allows president to remain in power
Israel hopes for calm in Kazakhstan, cautions Israeli travelers
Kazakhstan has been in a state of civil unrest since January 3, in response to price caps being removed from butane and propane on January 1.
Oil price rises as Kazakh turmoil adds to supply worries
'The upward jump in oil prices mostly reflects the market jitters as unrest escalates in Kazakhstan and the political situation in Libya continues to deteriorate and sideline oil output.'
Kazakh president says has ordered forces to open fire without warning
The president said forces carried out a "counter-terrorist" operation, and ordered law enforcement agencies and the army "to shoot to kill without warning."
Kazakh president says constitutional order has mostly been restored
The Kazakh interior ministry said in a separate statement that 26 "armed criminals" had been "liquidated" and more than 3,000 of them detained, while 18 police and national guard servicemen died.
From stability to turmoil - what's going on in Kazakhstan
As Russian paratroopers arrived in Kazakhstan, an oil-rich state long viewed as a bastion of stability in volatile Central Asia, police in Almaty said they had killed dozens of rioters.
Kazakhstan protests will cause concern in nearby authoritarian states - analysis
There is a sense that the US role in Central Asia could be in decline and authoritarian regimes will want to make sure that no instability spreads from Kazakhstan.
Fresh violence in Kazakhstan after Russia sends troops to quell uprising
Armored personnel carriers and troops arrived in Almaty on Thursday. Internet in the country is mostly shut down. Eight police and national guard troops killed, 1,000 people injured during protests
Israel-Kazakhstan: Celebrating 30 years of cooperation - opinion
There still remains tremendous potential for the two countries to reach full economic cooperation in the areas of technological and agricultural development, as well as in many other areas.
Journalist Netty C. Gross told the stories no one else would - obituary
Her lengthy and numerous features about organizational Jewry, Jewish history and culture, and life in Israel, began with cinematographic anecdotes and pressed on with urgent, compelling prose.
Kazakhstan: Chabad rabbis fined in first group photo since pandemic
More than 200 Chabad rabbis congregated for a traditional picture in Almaty, Kazakhstan in first gathering since the beginning of COVID, only to be fined for violating distancing measures.
