
The former head of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, or KNB, has been detained on suspicion of high treason as unprecedented unrest rocked the country. The security committee said in a statement on Saturday its former chief Karim Masimov and a number of other officials were detained on Thursday, without naming ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has threatened Russia with “massive consequences” if it launches any military action in neighboring Ukraine, despite the fact that Moscow has rejected Washington’s allegations of preparing to invade the neighboring country. Before crucial talks between American and Russian diplomats in Europe next week, Blinken ...