Trump could grant Lukashenka sanctions relief without demanding any meaningful concessions in return. The EU must continue to ...

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President Aleksandr Lukashenko ...

No credible opponents were allowed to run against Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since the 1990s.

Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, won a seventh consecutive term in office Sunday in an election ...

No credible opponents were allowed to run against Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since the 1990s. Provides an overview of Belarus, including key events and facts about this east ...

Belarus has opened early voting for a presidential ... while resisting deeper formal integration with the former Soviet ruler and keeping an open channel to European capitals.

Many voters intend to shun presidential elections in Belarus, according to research carried out by Chatham House. The number of people who say they plan to cast their vote at the polls has dropped ...

NAWA, Syria (AP) — As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from several countries backing either the rebels or ...

Svaboda Slova (Freedom of Speech), about journalists with RFE/RL whom the regime of authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka accuses of trying to "set Belarus on fire." Belarus state TV has aired ...

MINSK -- "What's wrong with that cow?" Belarus's hard-line leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka asks a deeply-uncomfortable-looking official. "[It's] barely alive." The clip -- both humorous and chilling ...