Independent Square of Minsk, Belarus.... Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out to protest

BELARUS has closer political and economic ties with Russia than any of the other former Soviet

SANCTION BELARUS OVER' RIGGED' ELECTION, TREATMENT OF PROTESTERSProtesters then took over government

that Lithuania closed two border crossings last week, potentially limiting ways out of Belarus

" very serious support" Belarus has received from Russia and pledged that the country would duly

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, 24, spent Sunday night in a hotel at Tokyo's Haneda airport after she said she was forcibly taken to the airport on Sunday and forced out of the Olympic Games in Tokyo.... She said she was being pressured to leave for criticising coaches, but the Belarusian Olympic committee said Ms Tsimanouskaya had been taken off the team because of her" emotional and psychological condition". The sprinter, who was due to compete in the women's 200m event on Monday, had earlier compla

In this image taken from footage provided by RU-RTR Russian television, a Kazakh soldier stands next to a military vehicle at a checkpoint in Kazakhstan, on Jan.... The Central Asian nation this week experienced its worst street protests since gaining independence from the Soviet Union three decades ago, and dozens have been killed in the tumult.... No protest leaders have emerged so far....

Belarus has carried out fresh raids against the private news agency BelaPAN and several of its

election results in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Sept.... Protests calling for the authoritarian

, Europeand Eurasia.... Thousands of people have protested in Belarus for a second straight night after