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Live Updates: EU Moves to Cut Off Belarus Air Access Amid Anger Over Flight Diversion

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken demanded the "immediate release" of Roman Protasevich, the dissident journalist arrested in Belarus after the authorities forced a passenger jet to land there. Russia signaled support for Belarus. RIGHT NOW. The E.U. ...

Detained Belarusian dissident appears in video as fury mounts over 'hijacking' of Ryanair flight

"The attitude of the [Interior Ministry] employees towards me has been as correct as possible and in compliance with the law," Protasevich says in the video, which was posted Monday evening to a pro-government social media channel.

Belarus faces anger and isolation after forcing a Ryanair plane to land and arresting a dissident

Belarus faced international condemnation and isolation Monday, a day after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko sent a MiG-29 fighter jet to snatch a commercial plane out of the sky while it was flying over his country's airspace.

Belarus accused of 'state-sponsored piracy' as fury mounts over diversion of Ryanair flight

Protasevich was traveling on Ryanair flight 4978 from Athens, Greece to Vilnius, Lithuania on Sunday when shortly before touchdown the plane was diverted by Belarusian air traffic control to the capital Minsk over a supposed security alert.

European leaders are urging airlines to avoid Belarus after 'state-sponsored hijacking' of Ryanair flight

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday said the bloc is "closing our airspace to planes from Belarus" and calling on EU airlines not to fly over the country. She added that "further economic sanctions will be presented soon.".

Western powers voice outrage as Belarus accused of hijacking plane

Police came and took Roman Protasevich away when passengers disembarked. The 26-year-old was aboard the Ryanair plane, which was flying from the Greek capital, Athens. The aircraft ...

She Was Supposed to Become Prime Minister. Instead She Was Locked Out of Parliament.

A constitutional crisis deepened in the Pacific Island nation of Samoa, which now has two competing governments and two claimants to the prime ministership.

Aung San Suu Kyi Makes First Court Appearance Since Coup

Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, 75, is facing a raft of charges after being detained by Myanmar's military. If she is found guilty, she could be imprisoned for the rest of her life.

NI 100: How NI's first election shaped its future

An overwhelming majority of the successful candidates, 40, were unionists. Also elected were six Sinn Féin representatives, including Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera, although they refused to take their ...

'Bloodless coup': Samoa's first female leader locked out of her own swearing-in ceremony

The first woman elected prime minister of Samoa showed up for her swearing-in ceremony on Monday to find her opponents had locked the doors to prevent her from taking office. Fiame Naomi Mata'afa and her followers pitched a tent on the statehouse lawn, ...