NUR-SULTAN -- Police in Kazakhstan have detained more than three dozen people who were trying to gather for anti-government protests that have been deemed by authorities as “illegal actions.” ...

After Kazakhstan voted for president on June 9, police arrested thousands of protesters who believed the regime falsified the results. Since independence in 1991, Kazakhstan had been ruled by its ...

Protests in Kazakhstan this week over rising fuel prices grew more deadly, with authorities reporting January 6, 2022, that dozens of protesters and police officers were killed in the ...

when the western Kazakh town of Zhanaozen became the scene of deadly unrest, Asem Kenzhebaeva unexpectedly found herself in the basement of the city police headquarters. The 21-year-old was ...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan – Police in Kazakhstan say they are seeking to track down those responsible for the killing of 11 people in a national park near the commercial capital, Almaty. The Interior ...

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Police in Kazakhstan have dropped their investigation into a satirist whose Instagram-based spoof news account was acting, they said, as a platform for disseminating knowingly false information.

ASTANA – Last year, Kazakhstan adopted a major law criminalizing domestic violence following nationwide outrage over the murder of Saltanat Nukenova in November 2023. Just over a year after the law ...

Marcus Rashford? Joshua Zirkzee? Who should Manchester United sell to raise funds? Police in Kazakhstan did not see the funny side as Chelsea fans attempted to enter the Almaty Ortalyq Stadium ...