Astana

Putin and Abbas to meet in Astana to push Israeli-Palestinian talks

Both men are in the Kazakh capital of Astana to attend the sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). 

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in Sochi, Russia November 23, 2021.
A general view of downtown with Kazakhstan's national oil company KazMunayGas (KMG) headquarters (front) in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Astana: An architectural playground

An ultra-modern metropolis celebrates 20 years as the capital of Kazakhstan

|ByBUZZY GORDON
Réunion des participants à Astana, en décembre 2017, lors de pourpalers sur la paix en Syrie

Conte des temps modernes

L’Occident n’en finit pas de tourner le dos à la Syrie

|ByMICHELE MAZEL