Poland's parliament has passed a law allowing border guards to immediately expel migrants who cross the border illegally, BBC reported on Friday.
Guards will also be given power to refuse applications for international asylum, without (...)
With only a few weeks' notice, the Lithuanian border guard service has turned a large prison in the southwest of the country into the country's biggest migrant center.
At least 700 people will live in the so-called Kybartai Alien Registration Center (...)
An "urgent" international response is needed to prevent the crisis in Myanmar from becoming a "catastrophe" in the heart of Southeast Asia and beyond, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned.
In a report sent to the UN General Assembly on (...)
Eighty-seven people have been arrested in Belarus for commenting on social media about a shoot-out that claimed two lives, BBC reported quoting human rights workers.
It is the latest crackdown by Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko, since he claimed (...)
Poland will seek an extension of the state of emergency in force along its border with Belarus as Brussels slammed recent deaths of migrants as "completely unacceptable."
European Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson on Monday called for (...)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday that she continues to be alarmed by "persistent allegations" of "widespread and systematic torture" of protesters in Belarus.
Gender-based violence is of serious concern, with reports that (...)
The President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid, lauded the world's embrace of online services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday, in her high-level General Debate speech at the 76th United Nations General Assembly session.
Kaljulaid said (...)
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and migration agency IOM, called on Tuesday for an immediate investigation into the deaths of four people near the border between Poland and Belarus, due to causes yet to be determined.
In a joint statement, the (...)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has suspended the approval process for Russia's Sputnik V COVID vaccine.
A regional WHO official said the manufacturing process of the jab had not met the necessary standards.
Russia first applied for approval (...)
Belarusian political activist Maria Kolesnikova has been sentenced to 11 years in jail, key figures in the country's opposition movement have said.
Kolesnikova, 39, was tried in Belarus along with lawyer Maksim Znak who received a 10-year sentence, (...)
Migrants are facing "dire conditions" at the European Union-Belarus border, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned on Monday.
Reports of cross-border pushbacks and lack of adequate asylum access for those seeking international (...)
More than 10,000 people are waiting at Kabul's airport to be evacuated, the US defense department said at a press conference on Wednesday, as Afghanistan evacuations continue with many people desperately trying to flee the country.
Europe and the (...)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is heading to Moscow on Friday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The visit comes during a low point in the relationship between the two countries, which continues to suffer from ongoing tensions over (...)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered the country's law enforcement agencies on Wednesday to better protect Belarusian exiles in his country after a Belarusian activist was found dead in Kiev earlier this week.
"Every Belarusian who could (...)
The Belarusian House in Ukraine, an NGO that helps people who have fled repression in Belarus, accused Minsk of a "planned operation" after its director Vitali Shishov was found dead in Kiev on Tuesday.
"There is no doubt that this is a planned (...)
The European Union (EU) on Monday pledged millions of euros to help Lithuania tackle a migrant crisis as hundreds attempt every day to cross illegally into the European Union territory from neighboring Belarus.
Ylva Johansson, the EU commissioner of (...)
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met here on Tuesday with the Belarusian opposition leader, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
During the meeting with Tikhanovskaya, Johnson condemned the current Belarusian regime led by President Alexander (...)
Belarus has witnessed an unprecedented human rights crisis over the past year, the independent expert appointed to monitor the country said on Monday, calling on authorities to immediately end their policy of repression and fully respect the (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulation to President Alexander Lukashenko of the Republic of Belarus, on the occasion of his country's Independence Day.
In his name and on behalf of the (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has sent a cable of congratulation to President Alexander Lukashenko of the Republic of Belarus, on the occasion of his (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman have sent separate cables of congratulation to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on the eve of his country's Independence Day anniversary.
In their (...)
European Union foreign ministers will approve Monday a fresh set of sanctions against scores of officials in Belarus and prepare a series of measures aimed at hurting the country's economy, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
The EU has (...)
The European Union, in coordination with the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, slapped new sanctions on the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in response to the "forced and unlawful landing" of a Ryanair flight that (...)
The UN Special Envoy for Myanmar said on Friday she has called for timely action from the Security Council in response to the ongoing crisis in the Southeast Asian country stemming from the military coup in February.
Speaking to journalists (...)
US President Joe Biden has spoken to the media after meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Geneva.
Both leaders have described their four-hour meeting as good. Biden says the tone was "good" and "positive", while Putin called the (...)
