Headlines- The IRGC launched ballistic missiles at two US warships "patrolling regional waters," according to US Central Command, which then launched an attack on Iranian oil vessels.
- The US attacks on three oil tankers were denounced by Iran's Foreign Ministry as a "war crime," and the Iranian military threatened to launch further strikes on US naval vessels if the blockade persisted.
- On Saturday evening, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff in Moscow.
- As part of an anti-immigrant protest, hundreds of masked people halted ferry traffic between France and the UK on Saturday at the port of Dover, England.
- Ten days after the catastrophic floods near the border between Nepal and Tibet, a man and a woman found alive, according to officials.
Tag: Belarus President Lukashanko
Meet The 73-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Defying Lukashenka...
Nina Bahinskaya cuts a frail but resolute figure amid the crowds protesting the presidential election results in Belarus that are widely seen as rigged. She’s been a regular feature at various demonstrations since 1988, and despite unprecedented police brutality against protesters, has been seen telling off security forces on the streets of Minsk
Massive March In Belarus Challenges Lukashenka
People marched through the center of the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on August 23, two weeks after the country’s disputed presidential election. An estimated 100,000 joined the protest against result of the vote, in which the incumbent president, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, claimed victory despite numerous reported irregularities. Since the election, protesters have faced violence amid a police crackdown
Belarusians Pay Tribute To Man Killed...
Thousands of people have gathered at the spot in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, where a protester died in clashes with police. Thirty-four-year-old Alyaksandr Taraykouski died on August 10. The protests began after President Alyaksandr Lukashenka claimed he had been reelected in a vote widely considered to have been rigged. Lukashenka has been in power for 26 years
Protests in Belarus
More than 20,000 peaceful protesters flooded into Minsk’s Independence Square on August 14 to demonstrate against the country’s presidential election…the western Belarusian city of Hrodna, people marched in the streets on August 14 to protest against the August 9 presidential election, which is widely seen as rigged in favor of the country’s authoritarian president, Alyaksandr Lukashenka
Strikes Add Momentum To Wave Of...
Strikes have broken out across Belarus as protests grow against alleged electoral fraud and a brutal postelection crackdown by security forces. The protest wave was sparked when the authorities announced after the August 9 election that long-serving authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka had received some 80 percent of the vote
Belarusian Opposition Candidate ‘Forced’ To Leave...
Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya has left her country, apparently under duress, amid a wave of protests against the alleged falsification of the country’s recent presidential election. Western governments have criticized both the election itself and a crackdown by security forces that has seen thousands of people detained, dozens injured, and at least one killed