Kazakhstan

NASA’s record-setting Koch, crewmates safely back from space

MOSCOW — NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who has spent nearly 11 months in orbit on the longest spaceflight by a woman, landed safely in Kazakhstan on ...
11:09 6 February 2022

After NPR dust-up, Pompeo defends press freedom abroad

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — For the past four days, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been calling for authoritarian governments in eastern Europe an...
7:27 3 February 2022

Pompeo heads to Ukraine next week to meet with president

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine next week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trump'...
23:38 24 January 2022

Russia’s Putin remains secretive about his future role

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin remained tight-lipped about his future role Wednesday as he fast-tracks a set of constitutional changes wide...
17:41 22 January 2022

Kazakh officials investigating causes of deadly plane crash

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Technical failure, pilot error and weather conditions are being considered as possible causes of the plane crash in which 12 peop...
10:57 28 December 2022

12 killed, dozens hurt after jetliner crashes in Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — A jetliner with 98 people aboard struggled to get airborne and crashed shortly after takeoff Friday in Kazakhstan, killing at lea...
14:46 27 December 2022

Russian supply ship lifts off to International Space Station

MOSCOW — An unmanned Russian supply ship carrying tons of supplies to the International Space Station has blasted off to the orbiting laboratory.
9:52 6 December 2021