Almaty (Kazakhstan)

Iran nuclear talks unproductive

2013-04-06 16:28:00

WASHINGTON — The latest round of international negotiations over Iran's disputed nuclear program concluded Saturday with no sign of progress and the future of the fitful diplomatic effort uncertain. Officials from Iran and the six world powers had...

Iran nuclear talks end without a breakthrough

2013-04-06 07:40:00

WASHINGTON -- International negotiations over Iran’s disputed nuclear program broke up Saturday still far from an agreement and with the future of the fitful diplomatic effort uncertain. Officials from Iran and the six world powers had “long...

Iran nuclear talks appear headed for a stall

2013-04-05 16:17:00

WASHINGTON — Iranian officials did not directly respond Friday to the latest American-backed offer to curb Tehran's disputed nuclear program, raising the possibility that the high-level diplomatic effort may be suspended for at least a few months....

Iran nuclear talks hit early snag

2013-04-05 08:16:00

WASHINGTON -- The latest negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program appeared to hit a snag in their opening hours Friday amid arguments over whether Tehran has properly responded to a proposal to work out acceptable curbs on its efforts. At a...

North Korea belligerence looms ominously over Iran nuclear talks

2013-04-05 02:00:00

More carrot, less stick. That’s the advice of some nonproliferation experts for the United States and its five partners in negotiations that resume Friday aimed at dissuading Iran from building a nuclear bomb. But with threats of nuclear...

U.S. presses Iran for counteroffer in nuclear talks

2013-04-03 16:59:00

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration pressed Iran to respond to�the latest bid by six world powers seeking to curb Tehran’s nuclear program, warning that�the United States and its allies may step up sanctions and suspend diplomacy if Iran...

Iran agrees to further nuclear talks after 6 nations ease demands

2013-02-27 09:05:00

WASHINGTON — Six world powers won Iran’s promise for further negotiations over its disputed nuclear program after easing their demands for curbs on an effort they fear is aimed at giving Tehran the ability to make a bomb. After the final...

Kazakhstan extends ban on hunting endangered antelope

2011-01-18 16:33:42

La llama ol�mpica emprendi� su periplo en Kazajist�n

2008-04-02 15:14:42

U.S., China vie for oil, allies on new Silk Road

2006-12-19 00:00:00

The wind-raked scrub of this barren plateau reveals little hint of the revolution gurgling 9 feet beneath. China's first international oil pipeline, buried in the Kazakh steppe, is a milestone for the world's newest empire--one forged not in the name...

Kazakhstan's ethnic Uighurs feel pressure of petro-politics

2006-12-19 00:00:00

On this city's dusty edge, China's rise echoes through the dilapidated Soviet-era apartment blocks that are home to a wary community of Uighurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic group. The Uighurs' fate in Kazakhstan has become entwined with the politics of oil....

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton leaves her news conference after the high-level talks between world powers and Iranian officials in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

2013-04-06 00:00:00