The UN's top rights forum passed resolutions condemning abuses of fundamental freedoms in Belarus and Myanmar on Wednesday, in response to ongoing concerns over the human rights situation in both countries.
Ahead of the adoption of the Belarus (...)
A court in Belarus on Thursday sentenced two female journalists to two years in prison on charges of violating public order after they covered a protest against the nation's controversial president.
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov suggested his country must "prepare for war" if it wants peaceful relations with the European Union as the 27-nation bloc considers economic sanctions.
Lavrov said the EU was Russia's largest trading and (...)
After criticism last year for an early rollout, Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6 percent effective against symptomatic COVID-19 and 100 percent effective against severe and moderate disease, according to an interim analysis of the vaccine's Phase (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has warned citizens and residents against traveling to 12 coronavirus-affected countries without permission, an official source at the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
According to the source, the countries are Libya, (...)
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia's sovereign wealth fund, announces the registration of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus by the Ministry of Health of the State of Palestine.
The vaccine was registered under the (...)
Venezuela will implement a week of hard lockdown starting from Monday to slow down the spread of the new coronavirus, DPA cited Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as saying on Friday.
The seven days will be followed by a week of more flexible (...)
Venezuela will implement a week of hard lockdown starting from Monday to slow down the spread of the new coronavirus,
dpa cited Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as saying today, on Friday.
The seven days will be followed by a week of more flexible (...)
The human rights situation in Belarus continues to deteriorate, particularly with respect to peaceful assembly, the UN rights chief said on Friday, urging the government to put an end to ongoing violations and "take steps towards a genuine, (...)
NATO foreign ministers will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday via video conference to address key issues including Russia's military build-up, the rise of China, and the situation in Afghanistan, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced (...)
The National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamaleya of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Gamaleya Center) and Russia's sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), announced (...)
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia's sovereign wealth fund, and the Gamaleya National Center for Microbiology and Epidemiology, supported by international partners, are launching a campaign across all major social media platforms to (...)
The European Union imposed sanctions Friday on the president of Belarus and 14 other officials over their roles in the security crackdown launched during protests of the country's contested August presidential election.
The EU has added Belarusian (...)
Belarus Tuesday joined the growing number of countries using nuclear energy to produce clean, reliable and cost-effective electricity. The Unit 1 of the Ostrovets nuclear power plant supplied its first electricity to the Belarusian grid at 12.03 (...)
More than 44.2 million people have been infected with coronavirus globally and 1,169,580 have died, according to a Reuters tally published on Thursday.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases (...)
The UN Secretary-General on Sunday condemned "all attacks on populated areas" in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh zone of conflict, as Armenia and Azerbaijan reportedly accused each other of violating the latest humanitarian ceasefire agreement.
In a (...)
The Unit No. 1 at the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, equipped with the VVER-1200 reactor has been brought to minimum control power (MCP).
Minimum control power level is reached when neutron flux is recorded in a reactor working at a level (...)
EU foreign ministers have given the go-ahead to sanctions on President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus over the violent crackdown on protesters after the country's disputed Aug. 9 election.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that (...)
Belarus' authoritarian president on Saturday visited a prison to talk to opposition activists, who have been jailed for challenging his re-election that was widely seen as manipulated and triggered two months of protests.
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Britain on Friday became the latest European country to recall their ambassadors from Belarus in solidarity with Poland and Lithuania after Minsk ordered the two countries to reduce their diplomatic staff.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Britain (...)
Political and economic threats against Belarus "must end" the Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei told the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly on Saturday, accusing Western nations of trying to sow "chaos and anarchy" in the country.
In a (...)
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia's sovereign wealth fund, and ChemRar Group have agreed to supply Avifavir, the world's first registered favipiravir-based drug against coronavirus and Russia's first drug approved for the treatment (...)
Police in the capital of Belarus cracked down sharply on a women's protest march on Saturday demanding the authoritarian president's resignation, arresting more than 300, including an elderly woman who has become a symbol of the six weeks of protest (...)
The Belarus government should end "violent crackdowns" and "increasing repression" against protesters who are still contesting the result of last month's Presidential elections, UN deputy rights chief Nada Al Nashif told the Human Rights Council on (...)
The EU parliament has passed a non-binding resolution to impose sanctions on Belarus' leader Alexander Lukashenko over his disputed re-election and violence perpetrated against protesters. The resolution was passed 574 to 37, with 82 abstentions.
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