Kazakhstan

US to warn partners they must pick sides in artificial intelligence race with China

Washington last year launched the Pax Silica initiative aimed at securing supply chains for AI models, semiconductors and critical minerals, amid a fierce technology rivalry with Beijing.

Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump gestures as he attends a press conference at Trump National Golf Club, in Bedminster, New Jersey, US, August 15, 2024.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands with US President Donald Trump after signing the Abraham Accords, in Washington, US, September 15, 2020

Now is the time for a multilateral Abraham Accords framework - opinion

President Isaac Herzog during his visit to Kazakhstan on April 28, 2026.

Herzog meets Kazakhstan's Jewish community, hails important role during diplomatic visit

Israeli President Isaac Herzog addresses Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebration in Astana, Kazakhstan, April 27, 2026.

Isaac Herzog will visit Panama in May, Panamanian president confirms


From stability to turmoil - what's going on in Kazakhstan

As Russian paratroopers arrived in Kazakhstan, an oil-rich state long viewed as a bastion of stability in volatile Central Asia, police in Almaty said they had killed dozens of rioters.

Troops are seen at the main square where hundreds of people were protesting against the government, after authorities' decision to lift price caps on liquefied petroleum gas, in Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 6, 2022.

Kazakhstan protests will cause concern in nearby authoritarian states - analysis

There is a sense that the US role in Central Asia could be in decline and authoritarian regimes will want to make sure that no instability spreads from Kazakhstan.

 THE OFFICIAL residence of Kazakhstan’s president, and the Baiterek monument in the modern city of Nur-Sultan.

Fresh violence in Kazakhstan after Russia sends troops to quell uprising

Armored personnel carriers and troops arrived in Almaty on Thursday. Internet in the country is mostly shut down. Eight police and national guard troops killed, 1,000 people injured during protests

 Kazakh law enforcement officers are seen on a barricade during a protest triggered by fuel price increase in Almaty, Kazakhstan January 5, 2022.

Israel-Kazakhstan: Celebrating 30 years of cooperation - opinion

There still remains tremendous potential for the two countries to reach full economic cooperation in the areas of technological and agricultural development, as well as in many other areas.

 THE OFFICIAL residence of Kazakhstan’s president, and the Baiterek monument in the modern city of Nur-Sultan.

Journalist Netty C. Gross told the stories no one else would - obituary

Her lengthy and numerous features about organizational Jewry, Jewish history and culture, and life in Israel, began with cinematographic anecdotes and pressed on with urgent, compelling prose.

 Netty Gross in a mosque in Kazakhstan in 2010.

Kazakhstan: Chabad rabbis fined in first group photo since pandemic

More than 200 Chabad rabbis congregated for a traditional picture in Almaty, Kazakhstan in first gathering since the beginning of COVID, only to be fined for violating distancing measures.

Chabad annual meeting of emissaries  in New York

Maccabi Haifa’s Champions League hopes go down drain with Kazakhstan loss

MACCABI HAIFA fell 2-0 to Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan in the second leg of their Champions League qualification duel pushing the Israeli champion down to Conference League qualifying.

 MACCABI HAIFA fell 2-0 to Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan in the second leg of their Champions League qualification duel late Wednesday night, pushing the Israeli champion down to Conference League qualifying.

Kazakhstan adds Chabad leader's grave to national heritage site list

Thousands of pilgrims travel each year to his gravesite in Almaty, the largest city in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan.

Men pray around the grave site of Levi Yitzchak Schneerson in Almaty, Kazakhstan in 2016.

Overnight brawl in Kazakhstan leaves 8 dead, scores wounded

Some 70 people were involved in the initial brawl on the outskirts of the Masanchi village, close to the Kazakh-Kyrgyz border.

Police officers detain opposition supporters during a rally on Independence Day in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan December 16, 2019

Plane crashes in Kazakhstan shortly after takeoff, at least 12 dead

The plane crashed near Almaty in Kazakhstan having lost altitude in take-off.

Emergency and security personnel are seen at the site of a plane crash near Almaty, Kazakhstan, December 27, 2019.