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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko addresses workers of the Minsk Wheel TBelarusian President Alexander Lukashenko addresses workers of the Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant in Minsk, Belarus. AP photoractor Plant in Minsk, Belarus. AP photo

Belarus crisis: Lukashenko offers to hand over power saying -'I-'m not...

He made the offer, which he insisted would not be delivered on while he was under pressure from protesters

18 Aug 2020 1:09 PM IST

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko delivers a speech during a rally held to support him in central Minsk, on August 16, 2020. (AFP)

Lukashenko rejects call to step down as protesters storm Belarus...

Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus for 26 years, is facing an unprecedented challenge to his leadership

17 Aug 2020 9:31 AM IST

A protester holds a sign reading Stop Killing Belarus during a demonstration on the contested elections in Belarus in Berlin. (AFP)

Belarusians fear Russian intervention as Putin offers -'comprehensive...

Russia is Belarus-'s closest ally and the countries have formed a -'union state-' linking their economies and militaries

16 Aug 2020 11:26 AM IST

A woman shouts as she holds a Belarus flag during a protest rally against police violence at recent rallies of opposition supporters, who accuse strongman Alexander Lukashenko of falsifying the polls in the presidential election, in central Minsk. (AFP)

Several thousand gather as Belarus braces for fresh protests

A large crowd had formed in the capital in honour of a protester who died there during this week-'s police crackdown on...

15 Aug 2020 5:13 PM IST

An employee shows a new vaccine at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia. (AP)

Russian doctors are wary of rapidly approved COVID-19 vaccine

The vaccine, named â€˜Sputnik Vâ€™, is yet to complete its final trials and some fear Moscow may be putting national...

15 Aug 2020 8:52 AM IST

A statue wears a mask along Trocadero square close to the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (AP)

Paris is -'red-' high-risk COVID zone again

The measure follows a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections over the past two weeks

14 Aug 2020 4:37 PM IST

People greet each other waving flowers and white balloons gathering in a street to protest against the results of the countrys presidential election in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Belarus authorities release detainees, issue public apology

At least two protesters have died and around 6,700 were detained this week in the crackdown after president...

14 Aug 2020 3:01 PM IST

A worker places trays of food in the seafood section of a supermarket in Beijing on June 17, 2020. (AFP)

No need to worry about virus spread through food, packaging: WHO

China had said they found traces of coronavirus in imported frozen meat from Brazil and on outer packaging of frozen...

14 Aug 2020 10:24 AM IST

Two women talk with a riot police officer as police block a part of a street in the capital of Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Belarusians protest for third consecutive night as EU weighs sanctions

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet condemned the detention of 6,000 people, -'including bystanders, as well as...

13 Aug 2020 10:32 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that a coronavirus vaccine developed in the country has been registered for use and one of his daughters has already been inoculated. (PTI Photo)

Russia has developed COVID-19 vaccine, claims Putin, says his daughter...

Russian authorities have said that medical workers, teachers and other risk groups will be the first to be inoculated

11 Aug 2020 3:25 PM IST

Belarusâ€™ Lukashenko wins sixth term with 80% of votes amid ongoing protests

Belarusâ€™ Lukashenko wins sixth term with 80% of votes amid ongoing...

Thousands of people took to the streets protesting the early count suggesting Lukashenkoâ€™s landslide victory

10 Aug 2020 1:47 PM IST

A police officer detains a protester after the Belarusian presidential election in Minsk, Belarus. (AP)

Protests erupt in Belarus as exit polls predict landslide win for...

Thousands of opposition supporters quickly took to the streets of the capital to protest what they saw as official...

10 Aug 2020 9:56 AM IST