Belarus provoked outrage in the West after one of its warplanes forced a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania to land in Minsk and arrested a passenger, dissident journalist Roman Protasevich. U.S.

BRUSSELS -- Ryanair flight 4978 was about to begin its descent to Vilnius in Lithuania on Sunday when it suddenly changed direction after a "security alert," turning sharply east and descending ...

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — An opposition candidate who planned to challenge Belarus’ longtime authoritarian leader in next month’s presidential election has fled the country with his children, fearing ...

Shock, outrage, and condemnation after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko apparently greenlit a false bomb threat to divert a passenger plane -- all to arrest an exiled journalist on board.

Spy scandal erupts: Belarus says it detained Lithuanian citizen Miroslavas Trotskis, alleging he gathered military-related data for foreign agencies using covert methods. Hybrid attack claim: Vilnius ...