Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s ...

Immigrant parents who are scared to send their children to school in person could enroll them in a virtual program run by the Detroit Public Schools Community District, Superintendent Nikolai ...

Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected for a seventh five-year term with a dictatorial score of over 87% of the vote, the other four candidates all publicly supported the regime, while genuine ...

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials declared him the winner of a presidential election Western governments rejected as ...

Putin ally Alexander Lukashenko just claimed yet another election victory. The rest of the world, including Australia, is not fooled. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

While some analysts speculate that Lukashenko may be grooming his son Nikolai as a potential successor, the leader has publicly denied these claims, dismissing them as rumours. For now, Lukashenko ...

Q: It's reported that according to preliminary vote counts, the incumbent president Aleksandr Lukashenko has won the presidential election in Belarus. What is China's comment? A: The presidential ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, won a seventh consecutive term in office in an election denounced by the European Union and the exiled opposition. With his opponents ...

Belarusian President and presidential candidate Alexander Lukashenko visits a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus January 26, 2025. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina ...

Alexander Lukashenko, 70, will continue his 30-year iron-fisted rule of Belarus after he rigged Sunday's poll. The dictator never faced proper opposition after he ruthlessly crushed protests ...