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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Saint Petersburg, Russia on 25 June, 2022

Belarus leader stands with Russia in campaign

The president of Belarus—Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin’s closest ally—said on Sunday his ex-Soviet state stood fully behind Russia in its military drive in Ukraine as part of its longstanding ...

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Belarus national found dead at Rooppur Nuke Plant area

A Belarusian man employed with Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project was found dead at a residential area in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna on Friday, police said

A woman checks a sewing machine outside her atelier damaged by shelling amid Russian invasion of Ukraine in Kyiv on 17 March 2022.

Ukraine war UK freezing tax cooperation with Russia, Belarus

Britain said on Thursday it was suspending the exchange of tax information with Russia and Belarus in response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

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US bans exports of American luxury goods to Russia, Belarus

The United States announced a ban on exports of American luxury goods to Russia and Belarus Friday, including jewelry, clothing, and vehicles, as Washington increased its pressure on Moscow over the ...

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China-backed bank halts lending to Russia, Belarus

The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said it will suspend business related to Russia and Belarus, which have been hit with massive international sanctions over the Ukraine war.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko chairs a meeting with military officials in Minsk, Belarus on 24 February 2022

Ukraine invasion: EU approves new sanctions against Belarus

European Union diplomats have approved new sanctions against Belarus for its supporting role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses Ukrainians in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 26 February 2022 in this screengrab obtained from a social media video

Zelensky defiant as Russian forces launch missile strikes on cities

Ukrainian authorities have urged citizens to help defend Kyiv from advancing Russian forces who invaded on Thursday in the worst European security crisis in decades

Russia says withdrawing military forces from near Ukraine

Russia says withdrawing military forces from near Ukraine

Russia said Friday it was withdrawing more tanks and other armoured vehicles from areas near Ukraine's border after running war games that had raised concerns in the West.

This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows a second set of troop housing, a vehicle park, and artillery deployments in Rechitsa, Belarus, on 4 February, 2022

US urges its citizens to immediately leave Belarus

The United States has urged its citizens to immediately leave Belarus, citing a buildup of Russian troops along the border with neighboring Ukraine

A boy poses for a picture with the rifle of a Taliban fighter near the camel enclosure at the Kabul zoo on 17 September, 2021

Events that marked a tumultuous year 2021

From the Covid pandemic to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and extreme weather, we look back on the key events of 2021

Migrants aiming to cross into Poland are seen in a camp near the Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing on the Belarusian-Polish border on 17 November 2021.

Poland says border crisis ‘greatest’ bid to destabilise Europe since Cold War

Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Sunday called the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border, the EU’s eastern frontier, the “greatest attempt to destabilise Europe” since the Cold War

A migrant eats next to a tent on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region, Belarus, 10 November 2021.

Belarus clears migrant camp at border with Poland

The Belarusian border force said Thursday it had cleared a makeshift migrant camp at the border with Poland that had held around 2,000 people, with the occupants relocated to a reception centre nearby

Migrants clash with Polish law enforcement officers as they attempt to cross into Poland at the Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing on the Belarusian-Polish border on 16 November, 2021

Polish fire tear gas at migrants on Belarus border

Polish forces fired tear gas and deployed water cannons against stone-throwing migrants trying to cross the Belarusian border on Tuesday, sparking accusations from Belarus that Poland was trying to ...

A picture taken on 12 November 2021 shows migrants in a camp on the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region. Hundreds of desperate migrants are trapped in freezing temperatures on the border and the presence of troops from both sides has raised fears of a confrontation.

EU sees 'progress' on Belarus migrant crisis but tensions high

The European Union said Friday it was making progress on tackling a migrant crisis on the Belarus-Poland border but tensions remained high with hundreds trapped in a no-man's land

Paramedics take an injured refugee to an ambulance as police and border guards officers detain refugees near Hajnowka, on 11 November 2021

Europe, US slam Belarus over migrant crisis

European countries and the US condemned Belarus Thursday over a crisis that has seen hundreds of migrants trapped on its border with Poland, after an emergency meeting at the UN Security Council on ...

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