NOTE: Women need to wear a cover on their head ... That means when it’s 5 pm here in Seattle, it’s 6 am in Almaty. Kazakhstan does not observe daylight savings time, so you will need to ...

No matter what the verdict against Bishimbayev turns out to be, change in relation to domestic violence in Kazakhstan is long overdue. Women in Central Asia “feel unsafe everywhere,” says ...

On the other hand, Almaty is a genuinely agreeable, hedonistic young city. The Tien Shan mountains loom right behind, like a ...

The movement advocates for women’s rights regardless of age, race, and sexual orientation, with the latter particularly provoking backlash in Kazakhstan’s socially conservative environment.

ASTANA – Kazakhstan dispatched its second national peacekeeping contingent to the Golan Heights under the UN Disengagement ...

ALMATY, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The second peacekeeping contingent of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan is being deployed to the Golan Heights to serve ... All members of the peacekeeping unit volunteered ...