Belarus frees Nobel Prize laureate and opposition figures as U.S. lifts sanctions

Belarus had previously faced Western sanctions for its crackdown on human rights and for allowing Moscow to use its territory ...

Belarus leader hosts US envoy as he seeks to improve his country’s ties with the West

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader’s ...

Lukashenko frees Nobel winner Bialiatski and key Belarus opposition figures in deal with US

By Andrius Sytas, Felix Light and Mark Trevelyan VILNIUS, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed ...

Trump woos Putin’s iron brother, ditches sanctions for...? Belarus frees Ukrainians, Nobel laureate

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko released 123 prisoners after brokering a deal with the U.S. Those freed reportedly ...
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News Wrap: Trump vows retaliation for killing of Americans in Syria

In our news wrap Saturday, Trump vowed to avenge the deaths of two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter ...
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U.S. to Remove Belarus Potash Sanctions

The U.S. will remove sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilizers, the key source of foreign-currency revenue for the ...

Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions

The release of the prisoners, including a Nobel laureate and two opposition leaders, was part of a monthslong rapprochement ...
Yahoo

Trump Got Her Husband Out of Prison in Belarus. Here’s What She Wants Him to Know.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, an opposition leader in Belarus, hadn’t heard from her husband Siarhei in more than two years. Not since Belarusian authorities placed him in “incommunicado” detention, in ...