Kazakhstan

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke by phone with Kazakh President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev on Tuesday, thanking him for Kazakhstan's principled stance on the territorial integrity of Serbia and noting a joint commitment to respect the norms of international public law.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke by phone with Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev on Tuesday.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced that law enforcement has apprehended 23 individuals sought by 12 countries through red and green bulletins and urgency marks issued by Interpol.

The arrests were made in simultaneous operations conducted across multiple cities in Türkiye.

LONDON - Serbia will be seeded in the draw for the September 13-15 tennis Davis Cup World Group 1 playoffs, the International Tennis Federation announced on its website on Tuesday.

The draw ceremony is scheduled for February 8.

The other seeds are Croatia, Sweden, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Switzerland, Hungary, Portugal, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel and Colombia.

A major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck along the China-Kyrgyzstan border on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, warning of potentially widespread damage though no casualties have been reported.

Kazakhstan is set to undergo a significant change in its time zone configuration, unifying the entire country to a single time standard from March 1, as reported by the Russian Interfax news agency.

The number of foreigners residing in Türkiye with a valid residence permit witnessed a decline last year, dropping by more than 247,000 to reach 1.10 million, according to data released by the Interior Ministry.

The UK's anti-fraud watchdog (SFO), which allegedly colluded with law firm Dechert, could potentially pay millions of pounds to mining corporation Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) following a High Court ruling. This was reported by the Financial Times.

The price of uranium has been on the rise, driven by constrained supply and accelerating demand, against a backdrop of renewed interest in nuclear power.

The benchmark contract for uranium oxide which, once enriched, is used as nuclear fuel, rose to $85.75 a pound (around 450 grams) on Dec. 15 for the first time since January 2007.

Speculations are rife about the potential buyer for Lukoil Neftohim Burgas refinery, with Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR emerging as the primary contender, as reported by Trud newspaper.