Kazakhstan new prez to visit Russia first
Almaty (Kazakhstan): Kazakhstan’s new president will visit ally Russia on his first foreign visit, his office said on Thursday, days after predecessor Nursultan Nazarbayev suddenly quit the post he held for three decades.
Nazarbayev, who had ruled the energy-rich Central Asian nation since before it gained independence with the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, announced his shock resignation in a televised address last week.
Three die in Bulgaria hospital fire
Sofia: Three patients died in a fire that engulfed a room in the men’s ward of a psychiatric hospital in the central Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, officials said Thursday. “A fire erupted around midnight.
Thai EC faces criticism in vote count
Bangkok: Thailand's Election Commission held a sudden news conference Thursday to release full preliminary results of the country's recent general election, though some of the data was inconsistent, adding to concerns over the management of the nation's first poll since a military coup.