The Latest Breaking News from Minsk

Belarus has appointed a new ambassador to Russia, state news agencies reported on Friday, as Moscow and Minsk continue to forge closer ties amid their mounting isolation from the West.

The United Nations' aviation agency has blamed senior Belarusian officials for a hoax that grounded a Ryanair flight and led to the arrest of a dissident journalist last year. Here's what you need to know.

There she was again, six months after exiting the German chancellery. Relaxed but pensive after long walks on blustering Baltic shores listening to "Macbeth" on audiobook, Angela Merkel had so much on her mind, so much she wanted to explain for posterity. But she didn’t come to offer apologies or…

Belarus will deploy special operations troops in three areas near its southern border with Ukraine, the armed forces said on Tuesday as President Alexander Lukashenko talked up the role of Russian-made missiles in boosting the country's defences.

The flight changed course to head for Minsk after an alleged bomb scare

The armed forces of Belarus began sudden large-scale drills on Wednesday to test their combat readiness, the defense ministry of Ukraine's neighbor said. Belarus is a close ally of Russia, which invaded Ukraine in late February immediately after holding joint drills with Minsk which had allowed it to move more…

Emmanuel Macron insisted revival of accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’

Emmanuel Macron insisted revival of accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’

Several humanitarian organisations have been concerned since March about new cases of violence and migrants being pushed back at the border between Poland and Belarus. Last year, thousands of people from Afghanistan, the Middle East and central Africa tried to reach the European Union by illegally entering Poland. Warsaw accused…