Alexander Lukashenko, the autocratic leader of Belarus who claimed victory in another election derided as a sham, played a "dirty game" in releasing an American hostage to coincide with the ballot, the country's opposition has told Newsweek.

Belarus “unilaterally” freed an American woman, Anastassia Nuhfer, from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday.

President Donald Trump's new Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Belarus under Joe Biden has since been released.

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 that Western governments rejected as a sham.

The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, claims to have won a landslide victory in an election already being denounced across the Western world as a “sham”.

Belarus has freed American citizen Anastassia Nuhfer from detention as President Lukashenko seeks another term in a controversial election.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has won a seventh term, promising order and stability while dismissing Western criticism Belarus

European politicians said the vote was neither free nor fair because independent media are banned in Belarus and all leading opposition figures have either been jailed or forced to flee abroad

Independent media are banned in Belarus and all leading opposition figures have been sent to penal colonies or exiled

Derided in the West as a dictator, the Belarusian president has said his leadership brings ?stability and security? Belarusian President A

Secretary of State Rubio spoke with China's Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

The total portfolio of mortgage loans of banks increased by 1.89 trillion rubles ($19.2 bln) and reached 20.1 trillion rubles ($204 bln)