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Belarus frees 25 more prisoners in return for easing of US sanctions

Coale told Reuters on Wednesday he expects to visit the country again around one month from now, hoping to secure the release of hundreds more prisoners.

FILE PHOTO: Released political prisoners arrive in Vilnius after a prisoner release from Belarus on March 19, 2026. Belarus freed 250 political prisoners on March 19, 2026 following negotiations with the United States.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attend a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, in Moscow, Russia February 26, 2026.

Russia pumps up pressure on Belarus to open new front in Ukraine war, eyes anti-NATO ops. - WSJ

Belarusian President and presidential candidate Alexander Lukashenko meets with the media after voting in Belarus' presidential election in the capital Minsk on January 26, 2025.

Israel rebukes Belarus’s Lukashenko for ‘Gaza is a holocaust’ comments, dicussion of ‘Jewish lobby’

A serviceman takes part in the "Zapad-2025" (West-2025) joint Russian-Belarusian military drills at a training ground near the town of Borisov, east of the capital Minsk, on September 15, 2025.

Belarus holds nuclear weapons exercises, says drills are not 'aimed at other states'


Israeli national team blows out Belarus in friendly soccer match 4-0

Next up for the blue-and-white will be Nations League action in September, where the opponents will be a cut above the first two friendlies as Israel will play the likes of Italy, Belgium and France.

 ISRAEL HAD a decent showing in its pair of friendlies on the road this week, falling to Hungary 3-0 before routing Belarus 4-0.

Israel seeks redemption against Belarus after Hungary loss, celebrates hostage rescue

After a 3-0 loss to Hungary, Israel prepares to face Belarus under new coach Ran Ben Shimon. The team aims to improve coordination and celebrated the rescue of four hostages.

  ISRAEL COACH Ran Ben Shimon will continue to tinker with his lineup in Tuesday’s friendly at Belarus, his second match in charge.

Thousands of Ukrainian children taken to Belarus -Yale research

Children had been transported from at least 17 cities in Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions.

 Children look at a war-damaged train carriage on display in St Michael's Square in Kyiv, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, November 3, 2023.

Jewish cemetery in Belarus destroyed by Nazis, now being made into a memorial

The Nazis also destroyed the city’s Jewish cemetery in part by selling half of its headstones.

People take part in a protest against the presidential election results demanding the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and the release of political prisoners, in Minsk, Belarus August 16, 2020

Belarus says Polish military helicopter violated border

 A Polish helicopter did not cross the Belarus border on Friday, a Polish military operational command spokesman said, denying a claim from Minsk that such an incursion took place.

 Polish police guard border fence on the Poland/Belarus border near Kuznica, Poland, in this photograph released by the Police, November 10, 2021.

Belarus leader: I urged Wagner's Prigozhin to 'watch out'

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he warned Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin that his life may be in danger.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko visit the Valaam Monastery in the Republic of Karelia, Russia July 24, 2023.

Belarus declares anti-Russian poems by 19th-century poet 'extremist'

The targeted poems called for fighting against the Russian Empire and promoted Belarussian nationalism.

 Belarusian and Polish writer, poet, dramatist and social activist Vintsent Dunin-Marcinkievič

Lukashenko denies Russia pushing Belarus to enter war with Ukraine

Lukashenko also said he believed Russia had already achieved its goals in what Moscow calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine, and said the two sides should sit at the negotiating table.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko outside Moscow

Ukraine ploughs funding into fortifying border with Russia, Belarus

Belarus, the Kremlin's closest ally, initially supported the Russian invasion, opening its borders to Russian troops marching on Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

 The Ukrainian border guard patrols the international border with Belarus.

Poland plans to send up to 10,000 soldiers to border with Belarus

"We move the army closer to the border with Belarus to scare away the aggressor so that it does not dare to attack us," Blaszczak said.

 Polish soldier squats ahead of a press conference, a week before the National Army Day Parade, at Wesola military base in Warsaw, Poland, August 8, 2023.