Belarus frees Nobel Prize laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova as U.S. lifts sanctions

A U.S. special envoy says negotiations with President Alexander Lukashenko, a Putin ally, were "very productive." ...

Inside the Russia-India pact giving Vladimir Putin nearly unfettered access to Australia’s strategic backyard

On 3 December the Russian Parliament ratified the Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Support (RELOS) agreement with India, ...

Belarusian leader pardons 123 prisoners in exchange for lifting of some sanctions

Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 123 prisoners in exchange for a lifting of some U.S. sanctions, Belarusian state news agency Belta said Saturday, as the isolated nation ...

Big escalation in Russia-Ukraine war as Russian missiles pummel Ukraine's energy grid; Zelenskyy says Moscow doesn't intend to

Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the latest wave of attack are a clear indication that Moscow does not intend to end the ...

Belarus frees Nobel Peace laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova as U.S. lifts sanctions

Belarus has released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and fellow opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison.

US says it will lift some trade sanctions on Russia's ally Belarus

The country has been repeatedly sanctioned by Western countries both for its crackdown on human rights and for allowing ...

Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions

The release of the prisoners, including a Nobel laureate and an opposition leader, was part of a monthslong rapprochement ...

Russian Bombs Plunge Odesa Into Darkness Amid Peace Talks

Much of Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port was without power, heat and water on Saturday after strikes from Russia, which has ...