After years of the U.S. trying to isolate Russia’s closest ally, a meeting with Belarus’s president points to better ...

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

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

US Envoy for Hostages Adam Boehler said in a CNN interview that one American was among the three detainees. He said that ...

Belarus released an unnamed American citizen from prison on Wednesday, marking the second such release under the Trump administration. The move comes as Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, still ...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has received a congratulatory message on his re-election from Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand Paetongtarn Shinawatra, BelTA learned from the press ...

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 ...

This year we are finishing the restoration of our Orthodox shrine - Zhirovichi Monastery, churches, communities. I would like ...

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.

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...