Belarus sprinter Krystina Timanovskaya arrives in Poland

She had been due to fly directly to Warsaw but a Polish government source told Reuters news agency that the plan ... Belarus and is currently in Ukraine. He has also been given a visa for Poland. Read More

Belarus sprinter feels safe in Poland, looks to future

The Belarusian Olympic sprinter who found refuge in Poland to avoid ... independent journalists, activists and all those deemed unloyal. Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus with an iron fist for ... Read More

Quran-Burning Iraqi Man Who Faces an Expulsion Order From Sweden Plans to Seek Asylum in Norway

Quran-Burning Iraqi Man Who Faces an Expulsion Order From Sweden Plans to Seek Asylum in Norway STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden told a newspaper on ... Read More

A Catholic activist in Belarus handed a 3-year sentence amid continuing crackdown

TALLINN, Estonia — A Catholic activist in Belarus was handed a three-year prison ... Get the full experience.Choose your plan Uladzislau Beladzed, 33, who taught the catechism at the city ... Read More

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World leaders urged restraint and Iran signaled that it would not strike further unless attacked. Israel had grown used to targeting Iranian officials without head-on retaliation from Iran ... Read More

OLYMPICS/ Another record on track, Belarus sprinter heads for Poland

Another athletics world record was obliterated at the Olympics ... in the 400 meters hurdles while a Belarusian athlete left for Poland three days after refusing an order to come home against ... Read More

Hundreds of migrants at Belarus' border with Poland

Hundreds of migrants have been filmed at Belarus' border with Poland. Poland says it has stopped attempts by the large group to enter the country, and has accused Belarus of pushing migrants to ... Read More

Prominent journalist goes on trial in Belarus on charges widely seen as politically motivated

Journalists and activists ... Belarus today has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists.” Diplomats from seven Western nations, including Germany, Sweden, Poland ... Read More

Belarus Weekly: Poland cuts financing for exiled Belarusian media, putting survival of independent press at risk

Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski approved the drastic slashing of the budget for Belarus Belsat from 63 million zloty (around $15 million) to 40 million zloty (roughly $10.1 million) as part of ... Read More

A Catholic activist in Belarus is handed a 3-year sentence as a crackdown on dissent intensifies

A Catholic activist in Belarus was handed a three-year prison ... Union-Tribune in your inbox weekday mornings, including top news, local, sports, business, entertainment and opinion. Read More

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A shrub in impoverished Nepal now supplies the raw material for the bank notes used in Asia’s most sophisticated financial system. By Bhadra Sharma, Alex Travelli and Uma Bista As cases ... Read More

A Catholic activist in Belarus is handed a 3-year sentence as a crackdown on dissent intensifies

TALLINN, Estonia — A Catholic activist in Belarus was handed a three-year prison sentence Friday on charges that Western diplomats have denounced as politically driven, the latest move in the ... Read More