On February 12, 2025, in Gomel, Belarus, a video captured explosions after an unidentified kamikaze UAV was shot down. In the video, residents reported hearing explosions, and eyewitnesses indicated ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The 70-year-old strongman, who has been ruling the country of 9 million since 1994, is all but certain to ...

Longtime Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has been declared winner of a disputed presidential election, securing a seventh straight term, according to the country’s electoral body.

Alexander Lukashenko has, to date, been the only leader of Belarus since the dissolution of the Soviet Union Authoritarian Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has secured another victory in an ...

Belarusians have been voting in a closely managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the rule of Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader.

GOMEL, Belarus — Living 30 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, Belarusian retiree Sergei Budyukhin says the war on the other side of the frontier never feels far away. “I am afraid,” said ...

GOMEL, Belarus — Living 30 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, Belarusian retiree Sergei Budyukhin says the war on the other side of the frontier never feels far away. “I am afraid,” said the ...

Secretary of State Rubio says Belarus "unilaterally" freed the American woman. Belarus has “unilaterally” freed an American woman from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced ...

After an election win which has been widely criticised as illegitimate, Alexander Lukashenko faced questions from the BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg. No credible opponents were allowed to run ...

Exiled opposition calls Sunday's election a sham No sign of 70-year-old preparing to hand over power Lukashenko sends signal to EU with prisoner releases End to Russia-Ukraine war could ease his ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Polish border guard looks east into Belarus at the crossing point Połowce-Pieszczatka in Polowce, Poland ...