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US President Donald Trump (center) walks with President Isaac Herzog (left), and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport, October 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv. (AP/Evan Vucci)
November 13, 2025, 1:35 pm
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US bureau chief Jacob Magid on Syrian leader’s DC media campaign to remove whiff of terrorism, Marco Rubio’s condemnation of extremist settlers and the return of ‘pay to slay’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jacob Magid
Kazakh jiujitsu fighter Aldiyar Serik, left, illegally kicks his Israeli rival Omri Haviv during the finals of the Adult Men's Under 29kg No Gi category at the Jiujitsu World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, November 7, 2025. (Screen capture: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 8, 2025, 10:16 am
Israel’s Omri Haviv wins jiu-jitsu gold as Kazakh rival disqualified for illegal kick
Aldiyar Serik refuses to shake the Israeli fighter’s hand after the bout; Haviv advanced to World Championship final after Kuwaiti opponent backed out of fighting an Israeli
By ToI Staff
Then-Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) inspect an honor guard during their meeting in Astana on December 14, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/ILYAS OMAROV)
November 6, 2025, 10:51 pm
Kazakhstan, which already has relations with Israel, to join Abraham Accords
Post-Soviet state in Central Asia will be fifth country to sign, in bid to build momentum for normalization framework between Israel and Arab, Muslim-majority states
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative photo of students in Namangan, Uzbekistan. (Wikimedia Commons)
April 8, 2025, 7:53 pm
Schools in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan portray Jews fairly, study shows
Findings on Muslim-majority Central Asian countries more encouraging than previous investigations into European countries
By Zev Stub
Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Issa Tazhenbayev / AFP)
December 26, 2024, 8:30 pm
Azerbaijan plane was likely downed by Russian air defenses, sources say
Experts and officials with knowledge of probe say evidence points to passenger jet being hit by Pantsir system before crash that killed 38; Moscow warns against premature ‘hypotheses’
By Reuters and AP
The wreckage of Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 on the ground near the airport of Aktau, Kazakhstan, December 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Azamat Sarsenbayev)
December 25, 2024, 4:15 pm
Azerbaijani airliner with 67 onboard crashes in Kazakhstan, leaving 32 survivors
Russian aviation authority says plane crash caused by bird strike; videos show steep descent and fireball upon impact; both pilots believed dead
By Katie Marie Davies and Dasha Litvinova
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is helped out of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft just minutes after he and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin landed in Kazakhstan on September 27, 2023. (Bill Ingalls/NASA)
September 28, 2023, 7:42 pm
Three astronauts return to Earth after stuck over a year in space
American Frank Rubio sets NASA record, with trio stuck aboard the ISS for 191 days more than intended due to damaged return capsule
By ToI Staff
File - Visiting Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, and Mikhail Bogdanov, right, deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Special Representative of the President of Russia for the Middle East, review an honor guard during a welcome ceremony upon Assad's arrival at Vnukovo airport in Moscow, Russia, March 14, 2023. (SANA via AP)
June 14, 2023, 12:48 pm
Deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Syria, Iran, Turkey to hold summit
Meeting to take place in Kazakhstan on June 21, says Moscow; four countries have all played roles in Syrian civil war
By ToI Staff and AP
Russians arrive in Kazakhstan at the Syrym border crossing point on September 27, 2022. (AFP)
September 28, 2022, 5:50 am
‘Full chaos’: Over 100,000 Russians flood neighboring countries to flee army call-up
Kazakhstan confirms 98,000 arrivals since Putin announced military mobilization; Georgia reports 10,000 entries per day; White House says US welcomes Russian asylum seekers
By AFP
The building of Kazakhstan's ruling party The Nur Otan is seen with damage after clashes in Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 11, 2022. (AP Photo)
January 12, 2022, 8:08 pm
Kazakh leader vows to restore city hit by fatal clashes; Russian-led troops to leave
President Tokayev says ‘organized withdrawal of the peacekeeping contingent’ set to begin Thursday; dozens killed in unrest over energy price hike
By AFP
Kazakhstan troops and police block a street in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan. 10, 2022. (AP Photo)
January 11, 2022, 8:37 am
Nearly 8,000 detained in Kazakhstan as violent protests are quelled
Authorities claim rallies against fuel prices were hijacked by ‘terrorists,’ say allegations they have been targeting peaceful demonstrators are ‘misinformation’
By Dasha Litvinova
Servicemen guard an entrance of the city hall building after clashes in the central square in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan. 10, 2022. (Vasily Krestyaninov/AP)
January 11, 2022, 7:52 am
After days of deadly violence, Kazakhstan president says ‘attempted coup’ defeated
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev blames ‘armed militants’ for using fuel hike protests as cover for takeover plot, insists Russian-led troops called in to help quell unrest will leave ‘soon’
By Christopher RICKLETON and Jonathan Brown
An armed riot police officer detains a protester during a security anti-terrorists operation in a street after clashes in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan. 8, 2022 (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov)
January 9, 2022, 2:44 pm
Kazakhstan says 164 people killed in unrest, including 3 children
Most deaths are in Almaty; death toll is significant increase over previous tallies; over 2,200 injured; presidential office says around 5,800 people have been detained
By Jim Heintz
Servicemen and their military vehicles block a street in central Almaty on January 7, 2022, after violence that erupted following protests over hikes in fuel prices (Abduaziz MADYAROV / AFP)
January 9, 2022, 9:28 am
No plans to evacuate Israelis from Kazakhstan, senior diplomat says
Official cites good ties between nations, says authorities are ‘taking control of the situation’ there
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks in the briefing room at the State Department in Washington on January 7, 2022. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP)
January 9, 2022, 1:35 am
Blinken to Kazakhstan: It’s hard to get Russians to leave once they’re in your home
As Kazakh authorities invite Russian-dominated alliance to quell protests, US secretary of state says ‘not clear why they feel the need for any outside assistance’
By Agencies
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