Belarus

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons some of which are three times more powerful than the atomic bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.…

Ukraine says it is investigating the alleged role of Belarus in the forced deportation of children from Russian-occupied territories. The office of the prosecutor general made the announcement in response to a report by the exiled…

The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to international competition as neutrals is "excessive and discriminatory", the Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) athletes'…

The Russian Government said on Wednesday that the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) guidelines that allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in international competitions as neutrals contain "elements of discrimination".…

A court in Belarus on Friday sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison. Bialiatski, who was arrested in 2021, and three co-defendants were charged with financing protests and…

President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, said his organisation stands in "solidarity" with Ukraine's athletes and the IOC is not on the wrong side of history after opening the door for Russian and Belarusian…

Belarus has issued a ruling temporarily restricting access to parts of the south-eastern Gomel region that borders Ukraine and Russia. The government said on its website it would "temporarily restrict entry, temporary stay and movement…

Belarus has introduced a counter-terrorism operation regime granting its security forces broad powers to prevent or respond to provocations from neighbouring countries. According to Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, the regime…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Saturday Ukraine had tried to strike military facilities on Belarusian territory three days ago, but all its missiles had been intercepted, the state-run Belta news agency reported.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will send nuclear-capable short-range missile systems to its ally Belarus in the coming months.