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( Reuters)-G7 foreign ministers on Friday said they were" deeply concerned" with the humanitarian toll from" Russia's continuing strikes" against Ukraine's civilian population and added they will hold accountable those responsible for war crimes." We reemphasize that indiscriminate attacks are prohibited by international humanitarian law.... We will hold accountable those responsible for war crimes, including indiscriminate use of weapons against civilians," G7 foreign ministers said in a joint

President Joe Biden on Monday said the United States is levying new sanctions against Belarus marking the one-year anniversary of Alexander Lukashenko s election, which the U.S. and international community have said was fraught with irregularities.In announcing the sanctions, the White House also noted the forced landing of a European airliner traveling through the country’s airspace in order to arrest a prominent opposition journalist aboard. Among those the Treasury Department cite in the new

WILMINGTON, Del.... --President Joe Biden on Monday said the United States is levying new sanctions against Belarus, marking the one-year anniversary of Alexander Lukashenko's election as president in an election that the U.S. and international community have said was fraught with irregularities.In announcing the sanctions, the White House also noted the forced landing of a European airliner traveling through Belarus' airspace in order to arrest a prominent opposition journalist aboard. Among t

Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., after attending a Mass, on Aug.... In announcing the sanctions, the White House also noted the forced landing of a European airliner traveling through Belarus' airspace in order to arrest a prominent opposition journalist aboard.... The International Olympic Committee has also reprimanded it for its failure to protect Belarusian athletes from political discrimination and repression....

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of Germany's attack on the Soviet Union in World War II in the Brest Fortress memorial, southwest of Minsk, Belarus, on June 22, 2021.... The sanctions target the economy but are also aimed at hitting President Alexander Lukashenko and his allies.... Pratasevich, a dissident journalist, was arrested May 23 after Belarusian flight controllers ordered a Ryanair jet traveling from Greece to Lithuania to land

Footage from Kuznica-Bruzgi showed hundreds of people pooling up around the border amid reports of an attempt to enter Poland from Belarus.... The two countries have been at loggerheads for weeks, with Minsk claiming Poland has failed to respect agreements on the management of the migrant crisis.... Belarusian journalist Tadeusz Giczan shared a video from the border documenting people approaching the Polish border, suggesting a majority of the migrants have been so far unable to cross into Pol

Read More" We've been very closely looking at exactly which authorities we can apply to a variety of individuals," she said.... She also said the Biden administration was" focused on a new executive order on the earliest possible timeline."" You're exactly right.... Bob Menendez, who referenced the executive order on Belarus issued by then-President George W. Bush....

Still more sanctions could be on the way.... Democratic leaders, including progressives in the House and Senate, have been generally supportive of the White House’s moves so far, and congressional Republican leaders like Mitch McConnell are urging Mr Biden to go further in the days ahead.... Top officials at the banks themselves were targeted as well, including Alexander Aleksandrovich Vedyakhin, first deputy chairman of SberBank’s executive board. Beyond the two major banks, dozens of subsidi

Still more sanctions could be on the way.... Democratic leaders, including progressives in the House and Senate, have been generally supportive of the White House’s moves so far, and congressional Republican leaders like Mitch McConnell are urging Mr Biden to go further in the days ahead.... Top officials at the banks themselves were targeted as well, including Alexander Aleksandrovich Vedyakhin, first deputy chairman of SberBank’s executive board. Beyond the two major banks, dozens of subsidi