Belarus' flag (Image credits: AP) VILNIUS: A Belarusian activist who was freed from prison and escaped to Lithuania said Monday she was tortured and forced to undergo "punitive" psychiatric ...

A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...

Eighty years after World War II, Gov. Jim Pillen created a medal to honor living veterans of the war. This week he visited ...

Moscow and Belarusian officials have welcomed the impending dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) as rights groups, health researchers and independent media voiced ...

"It's a lot," the 42-year-old said. Tech has been one of the few relatively liberalised sectors in ex-Soviet Belarus's state-dominated economy. It experienced a boom until 2020, particularly for ...

Scores of unexploded bombs dating from World War II have been recovered from a children’s playground in northern England after a chance discovery. Local officials in the town of Wooler ...

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine 'may or may not be Russian someday', Trump says as his aides prepare for Kyiv visit Donald Trump has speculated on the prospect of a Ukraine-Russia peace deal - as talk ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - The big flag flap in Greenville could come up again as the city is still working on an ordinance that will allow the flag to remain. The Camping World issue is not on ...

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) – An ongoing feud between Camping World and a city in Tennessee over a giant American flag has now led to threats against city employees. Camping World’s ...

TALLINN – Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even being outlawed and forced to operate from exile abroad.

The U.S. Embassy in Moscow said it was unable to comment. Funding losses for Belarus pro-democracy forces Pro-democracy forces from Belarus told AP the frozen U.S. aid they were receiving ...