Serious human rights violations remain rampant in Belarus, United Nations investigators said Friday, adding that some of the abuses by ...

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Belarusian authorities have released an imprisoned U.S. citizen, a Belarusian journalist for a U.S.-funded media outlet and ...

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s ...

Andrey Kuznechyk, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was one of those released from a Belarusian prison after ...

An American is one of three hostages released from Belarus, the White House has announced. The identity of the hostage has ...

Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on ...

Since Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, was killed by the Morality Police in fall of 2022, Iran has been enveloped in protests. The movement, called “Woman, Life, Freedom” is in many ways ...

CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA (AP) _ Results Saturday from Transylvania Open at Arenele BNR (seedings in parentheses): Anastasia Potapova (1), Russia, def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, 6-3, 7-5.

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

A project manager in Belarus's once-flourishing tech industry, Andrei Dorin admits his sector is in "crisis". Tech has been ...