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Balloons from Belarus cross into Polish airspace for a third night
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Balloons used to smuggle cigarettes from Belarus have been reported crossing into Polish airspace for a third night…
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Zelensky sees new Russian attack threat from Belarus
Russia is increasingly using positions in Belarus for its attacks on Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after a meeting…
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Lithuania arrests 21 in alleged cigarette smuggling ring using weather balloons from Belarus
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanian authorities said Tuesday they had arrested 21 people allegedly connected to a criminal network that…
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Lithuania to reopen border crossings with Russia-allied Belarus after tensions over balloons
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The Lithuanian government decided Wednesday to reopen the country's two border crossings with Belarus, weeks…
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Poland reopens border one week after Russian-Belarussian manoeuvres
Poland is to reopen its border with Belarus from midnight on Wednesday following the conclusion of the Zapad 2025 Russian-Belarussian…
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Poland closes border with Belarus ahead of military exercises
Poland is closing its border with Belarus due to the planned Russian-Belarusian military manoeuvre Zapad 2025. This order will come into…
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Russia’s ‘Zapad’ drill has Europe on edge about low-key attacks
WARSAW, Poland — As Russia and Belarus launch the “Zapad 2025” joint military drill this month, eyeing buildups of military forces along…
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America's rivals are reaping benefits of jailing US civilians
America's adversaries, such as Russia and Belarus, are becoming increasingly emboldened to detain U.S. civilians to coerce Washington into…
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Russia plans closer cooperation with Belarus
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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Lukashenko wins Belarus' stage-managed election as planned
In a presidential election dismissed as a farce and an affront to democracy, strongman Alexander Lukashenko has secured a seventh term in…
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My opponents choose jail and exile, Lukashenko tells BBC
I have reported on many elections. I have seen prime ministers and presidents roll up at polling stations, cast ballots and then take a…
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Exit poll: Belarus' Lukashenko secures 7th term with 87.6% of vote
Alexander Lukashenko, the strongman who has ruled Belarus for three decades, secured a seventh term in power following an election on…
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Belarus expects to host new Russian hypersonic missile within days
Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko said he expects Russia to deploy its new Oreshnik intermediate range ballistic missile in his…
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Poland wants the EU focused on security. Its border with Belarus highlights the challenges
POLOWCE, Poland (AP) — Poland's six-month presidency of the European Union is firmly focused on security. As Europe’s biggest land war in…
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EU countries may limit right to asylum, European Commission says
The European Commission said on Wednesday that EU countries may suspend the right of asylum in certain circumstances when a major security…
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Putin warns West of "brink of global conflict"
Vladimir Putin has warned of an impending "global conflict" in an address in which he accused the West of stoking tensions regarding the…
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Putin says new Oreshnik missile system is also for Belarus
Russia intends to deploy its new Oreshnik missile system, recently used against Ukraine for the first time, in neighbouring Belarus as a…
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Putin signs pact with ally that includes possible use of Russian nukes
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a pact with close ally Belarus on Friday that includes the possible use of Russian nuclear…
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Belarus seeks to copy neighboring Russia’s repressive LGBTQ+ policies, activists say
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — As police raided the home of a gay couple in the Belarusian capital of Minsk and brutally beat them, the officers…
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Polish government's decision to suspend asylum law triggers concerns from civil society
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Human rights and civil society groups voiced concerns Monday after Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced a…
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Poland's leader plans to suspend the right to asylum as country faces pressure on Belarus border
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's leader said Saturday that he plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a new migration…
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Belarus sentences 12 to up to 25 years for attack on Russian warplane
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian court on Friday convicted 12 people, most of them in absentia, and sentenced them to prison terms of…
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Poland charges 3 Belarusians who forced the diversion of a plane to Minsk in 2021
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland said Friday they have charged three Belarusian officials with using a ruse to divert a…
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Belarus sends more troops and aircraft to its border with Ukraine
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus has deployed aircraft and air defense troops to its border with Ukraine, a day after President Alexander…