The European Union expanded sanctions against Belarus, just days after the US said it would lift restrictions on exports of potash from the country, underscoring diverging approaches to the close ally ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Belarus freed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and dozens of other political prisoners on Saturday, capping two days of ...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of 123 political prisoners, pushing high-profile opponents into exile hours after a US envoy announced that Washington will lift sanctions on ...

Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, Pavel Sapelka, human rights advocate with the Viasna rights ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Belarus freed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova and dozens of other political prisoners on Saturday, capping two days of talks ...

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Belarus frees Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatksi and opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, rights group confirms.

More than 180 migrants crossed into Poland through a tunnel hidden in a forest on the border with Belarus, frontier guards said on Friday. Around 130 of them were detained in Poland after the passage ...

According to the ministry, the two sides reached an understanding for Iran to supply part of Belarus’ food needs, while Minsk will export agricultural raw materials required by Tehran. Agriculture ...

Lithuania’s government has declared a national emergency over security risks posed by meteorological balloons sent from Russia-allied Belarus that have violated its airspace in recent weeks, while the ...

Lithuania has declared a state of emergency over smuggler balloons from Belarus that have disrupted aviation. Vilnius airport has been closed because of the balloons, which Lithuania says have been ...

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has arrived in Myanmar on a goodwill visit seen as lending support to the Southeast Asian country’s military government in advance of a widely condemned ...