Russia is deploying the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile in Belarus, targeting Europe, Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine chief, Oleh Ivashchenko, told Ukrinform. "We are seeing preparations and deployment of the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile on the territory of Belarus.

President Donald Trump on Saturday ended U.S. sanctions on potash fertilizers from Belarus in exchange for the release of 123 political prisoners.

"The Olympic Summit recognised that ... youth athletes should not be held accountable for the actions of their government," the IOC said.

The move unexpectedly placed Washington alongside Russia and several of Moscow’s allies during a session typically marked by broad consensus.

The Belarusian Ministry of Information has blocked access to crypto exchanges Bybit, OKX, Bitget, Gate, Bingx and Weex, it said on Thursday. According to a government announcement, the ministry has restricted access to the global domains of several crypto exchanges,

The Trump administration does not recognise Mr Maduro as Venezuela’s legitimate president. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The cooperation between Belarus and Russia’s Vladimir Oblast and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) was discussed at a meeting of the Belarusian parts of the working groups on cooperation with these Russian regions.

The Russian-appointed leader of the temporarily occupied areas of Ukraine's Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, has announced that he wants to hand part of the region over to Belarus. In effect, this is an attempt to involve a third country in the occupation of Ukrainian territory,