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The embassies of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan urge their citizens to leave areas near Ukrainian combat zones or to leave Ukraine altogether amid an escalating risk of Russian retaliatory attacks.
2024-11-20

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Uqturpan County, China, killing three people and injuring five more. Tremors are felt in the nearby Kazakhstan, in which 67 people have been injured in Almaty. Forty-seven buildings in China collapsed, while a further 78 are damaged.
2024-01-23

A Russian court lifts the suspension for the CPC pipeline and instead fines its operators 200,000 rubles ($3,300) for oil spills. The oil pipeline, one of the world's largest, is the route for nearly all of Kazakhstan's oil exports, which represents about 1% of global oil supply.
2022-07-11

Kazakhstan says that it does not want to be behind a "new iron curtain", and that international companies boycotting Russia are welcome to "move production to Kazakhstan".
2022-03-28

At least 9 people are killed and more than 80 injured by an explosion at a military compound in southern Kazakhstan. The fire was caused by a fire at the ammunition depot.
2021-08-26

Kazakhstan reports a record 7,792 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 610,744
2021-08-5

The Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons the Chinese ambassador after an article claiming that Kazakhs are "eager to return to China" and "do not have too many complaints" about China's historical invasions of Kazakhstan is published on the private Chinese website Sohu.
2020-04-14

Kazakhstan renews its military cooperation with Ukraine, to which it promises vital supplies of coal, following a visit to Kiev by the Kazakh leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
2014-12-22

A Kazakh UNESCO official attempts to hijack a plane and divert it to Tripoli, Libya.
2011-04-25

The Kyzyl-Agash dam in Kazakhstan bursts, killing at least 35.([http:--www.google.com-hostednews-afp-article-ALeqM5h_voEzPqVAaGf-zOCXEZNGmRUKrA "AFP"])
2010-03-11