Nearly three years after President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, his troops are making steady progress on the battlefield.

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.

When President Donald Trump froze foreign assistance for 90 days, he argued that such a drastic step was needed to eliminate ...

Near a border checkpoint between Belarus and Ukraine, anti-tank spikes and concrete ... In the distance, a large blue and ...

Voting started following a period of almost non-existent election fever. In the capital Minsk, there’s an almost total absence of billboards promoting the candidates and there has been little in the ...

about 75 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, has been painted white. Roughly 35 kilometres to the west, in the town of Barrhead, four flags have been removed from municipal flag poles. Soon two ...

Belarusians began voting Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Polls opened at ...

(AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) FILE - A woman covers herself with an old Belarusian national flag while shouting at police during ...

He won Belarus's first democratic presidential election ... a referendum on making Russian an official language, changing the flag to resemble its Soviet-era design and giving him the right ...

"The people of Belarus had no choice. It is a bitter day for all those who long for freedom & democracy," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock posted on X. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw ...