Dozens of protesters were killed in Kazakhstan overnight as they clashed with security forces in the Central Asian country as a Russia-backed security bloc agreed to send in military forces in a bid to quell nationwide unrest, authorities said on Thursday. There was no immediate confirmation on the number of fatalities among protesters, though state-run news…
Dozens of Protesters Killed in Kazakhstan, Over 1,000 Injured: Report
Oil Extends Rally on Kazakhstan Unrest, Libyan Outages
LONDON—Oil prices rose sharply on Thursday, extending a rally from the previous session, on escalating unrest in OPEC+ oil producer Kazakhstan and supply outages in Libya. The global benchmark Brent crude futures rose $1.09, or 1.4 percent, to $81.89 a barrel, by 1054 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained $1.17, or 1.5…
Russian-Backed Security Bloc Sends Troops to Kazakhstan After President Calls for Help
The Russian-backed Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) has agreed to send in military forces to Kazakhstan to combat what has been called a “terrorist threat” after thousands of Kazakhs across the country continued to protest despite the resignation of the current sitting government. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called on the Russian-aligned bloc of former soviet countries…
American, 2 Russians Return to Earth From Space Station
MOSCOW—An American astronaut and two Russians have returned to Earth after six months aboard the International Space Station. A Soyuz space capsule carrying NASA’s Kate Rubins and Russians Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov landed at 0455 GMT (12:55 a.m. EDT) Saturday in the steppes of Kazakhstan. Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos,…
Kazakh Military Plane Crash in Almaty Kills 4
ALMATY—An An-26 military aircraft flying from the Kazakh capital, Nur-Sultan, crashed while landing in Almaty on Saturday, killing four of six people on board, the Central Asian nation’s emergencies ministry said. Russia’s Interfax news agency said citing a source that the plane belonged to Kazakhstan’s border guard service, part of the National Security Committee. “According…
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