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Belarus reports 943 new coronavirus cases, total nears 400,000-mark

Belarus reported 943 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, taking its total to 399,852, according to the country's health ministry

US announces sanctions on Belarus over dissident journalist's detention

Belarus earlier this week forced the landing of a jetliner carrying Pratasevich, a Belarusian journalist and outspoken critic of the Lukashenko regime, as it was traveling between Greece and Lithuania

Belarusian opposition calls for global protests over journalist's detention

Belarusian opposition leader has called for 'global protests' on Saturday against the government led by President Alexander Lukashenko, following the detention of journalist Roman Protasevich

Why Belarus' arrest of dissident journalist appears legally dubious

The method by which Belarus seemingly ordered the pilot to make an emergency landing at Minsk may be legally significant

Belarus' isolation grows after opposition journalist's dramatic arrest

Belarus' isolation deepened Tuesday as commercial jets avoided its airspace, the European Union worked up new sanctions

Belarus is isolated as other countries move to ban flights: Report

The diversion and arrest elicited widespread shock and fury, and EU leaders took unusually swift action in response at a summit Monday.

EU to cut air links with Belarus following flight diversion incident

The 27-member bloc strongly condemned the incident which endangered aviation safety and called for urgent investigation in 'this unprecedented and unacceptable incident'

Biden welcomes EU call for sanctions on Belarus over Ryanair plane incident

Biden welcomed the European Union's call for sanctions against Belarus over the Ryanair flight's emergency landing and he has instructed his administration to craft options to hold Minsk accountable

EU to cut air links with Belarus after Ryanair flight diversion incident

Leaders of the European Union (EU) member states on Monday agreed to cut the bloc's air links with Belarus following Sunday's Ryanair flight diversion incident

West weighs action against Belarus over forced landing of Ryanair flight

Detained journalist has denied Belarus allegations against him; US demands a 'full investigation' into the incident described as 'warlike act'

Belarus fakes bomb threat, diverts flight to get journo in 'Soviet manner'

Raman Pratasevich is a critic of president Alexander Lukashenko and had covered protests last year against the strongman's brutal suppression.

EU calls for probe after Ryanair plane makes emergency landing in Minsk

EU called for an International Civil Aviation Organization probe into an emergency landing of a Ryanair passenger plane at Minsk Airport over a bomb threat that later turned out to be fake

India women's football team suffer 1-2 defeat to Belarus in second friendly

The Indian women's football team suffered a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Belarus in its second international friendly here on Thursday.

Belarus first country after Russia to start Sputnik-V vaccination

Belarus has become the first country after Russia to begin vaccination of people with Sputnik-V against Covid-19

China worst offender in record-breaking year for jailing of journalists

China, which has arrested several journalists for their coverage of the Covid-19, is the world's worst jailer for the second year in a row, said a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists

IOC bans Belarusian President Lukashenko from attending Olympic games

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to temporally ban Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, also head of Belarus' National Olympic Committee (NOC), from the Olympic Games

Over 1,000 people detained in Belarus at protests: Human rights centre

More than 1,000 people were detained during Sunday unauthorized anti-government protests held across Belarus, the non-governmental human rights center Viasna reported

Belarus cranks up first nuclear plant; neighbor Lithuania is fearful

Belarus' first nuclear power plant began operating Tuesday, a project that has spooked its neighbor Lithuania, which immediately cut off importing electricity from Belarus at the news

Thousands protest in Belarus amid crackdown for President's resignation

Thousands of protesters in Belarus swarmed the streets of the capital to demand the resignation of the country's longtime president and encountered police using stun grenades to break up the crowds

Russia foreign intelligence chief says Belarus protests fueled from abroad

Belarus has been rocked by massive demonstrations against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko''s reelection to a sixth term in an Aug. 9 vote