Athletes from 89 countries take part in 10th edition of games featuring sport including horseback wrestling.
As the war enters its 873rd day, these are the main developments.
Comments come at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit of nations representing nearly half the world’s population.
The duo founded central Asian security summit as counterpoint to Western might.
Wife of journalist Aydos Sadykov blames Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev for attack in Kyiv last month.
The first group of seven horses arrived in Kazakhstan in early June and about 40 more are planned for the coming years.
United Nations says about 400 women die from domestic violence in Kazakhstan each year, but many cases go unreported.
The livestreamed murder trial of the ex-economy chief has kickstarted a much-needed national conversation.
Kurgan and Tyumen regions of Russia, and parts of Kazakhstan, are threatened by some of the worst flooding in history.
Drone video shows rows of houses and streets underwater in Russia and Kazakhstan.
Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan.
Kremlin says weather forecast is ‘unfavourable’ with western Siberia expecting peak flooding in three to five days.
Authorities warn of dangerous water levels on the Ural river and open an investigation into the dam breach.
Takeoff to the International Space Station follows aborted launch on Thursday after a voltage drop in a power source.
