Kazakhstan has handed down its first life sentence for the murder of a woman, in a landmark case that has sparked a national ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday called for due process and fairness in the case of Dinara Smailova, a prominent women’s rights advocate in Kazakhstan. HRW expressed concerns that the charges ...

Kazakhstan's Interior Ministry on December 27 added to its wanted list Dinara Smailova, the self-exiled leader of the NeMolchiKZ group, which monitors domestic violence cases in the Central Asian ...

Over a 40-year period, up to 1989, the Soviet Union detonated 456 nuclear weapons in present-day Kazakhstan. A new ...

Iran’s women’s handball team lost to Kazakhstan 29-26 in the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games (ISG) on Wednesday.

STORY: In a trial that has gripped Kazakhstan, former economy minister Kuandyk Bishimbayev is accused of beating his wife to death. As the case is broadcast online, it's seen by some as a litmus test ...

Elena Rybakina won the biggest payday in women’s tennis history on Saturday. With her 6-3, 7-6 (0) victory over world No. 1 ...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- On the surface, it might seem like Kazakh officials are responding busily to the most high-profile incident of spousal murder in the country's history. In the capital, Astana, ...

The Thai women's volleyball team kept alive their hopes for a first-ever medal in the sport at the Asian Games on Saturday with an easy win over Kazakhstan. The Thai team overwhelmed Kazakhstan in ...

The U.S. fell seven places in an annual global ranking of women’s health, landing at 30th place alongside Kazakhstan and Mauritius. The health index, created by women’s health innovation company ...

Iran swept Jordan 3-0 (25-10, 25-18, 25-10) in the 2025 Asian Women's U16 Volleyball Championship in Amman, Jordan, on Friday ...