Nine people were killed and two dozen were injured in clashes between security forces and “terrorists” in a troubled region of Tajikistan bordering Afghanistan and China on Wednesday, The interior ministry said. According to the ministry, members of “organized criminal groups” armed with weapons and Molotov cocktails attacked security officials in Gorno-eastern Badakhshan’s region. One … Read more
ALMATY, Kazakhstan – As protesters armed with sticks and discarded police shields prepared to storm the mayor’s office in Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty, they marched to chants of “old man out!” They were not referring to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, 68, but Nursultan Nazarbayev, the octogenarian who after more than a quarter-century in office picked career … Read more
ALMATY: Six workers died and two more were in “critical condition” Sunday after a methane explosion at an ArcelorMittal mine in Kazakhstan, the company and the emergencies ministry said. A sudden blast took place Sunday morning at the Abaiskaya coal mine operated by ArcelorMittal Temirtau, a Kazakh unit of the steel giant in the Central Asian … Read more
