Belarus police can now use lethal weapons in the streets if needed, the interior ministry said on Monday, due to what it described as the radicalization of mass anti-government protests.

Security forces in Belarus Sunday moved to violently ... Demonstrators were pushed back by armored cars and water canons, as police sealed off some streets. Dozens of people were reported arrested.

MINSK (Reuters) - Belarus police fired water cannons ... shouted "victory", waved flags and honked car horns in solidarity with the opposition. Some built barricades with garbage cans.

Belarus police threatened to start using combat weapons Monday after weekly protests in the capital of Minsk took a violent turn, in a sign that the authorities may be preparing even harsher ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarus police will now be permitted to use combat weapons in the streets if needed, the Interior Ministry said on Monday, as security forces again clashed with protesters who ...

31, 2024, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk, Belarus. (Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP) Advertisement ...

Belarusian police on Tuesday launched sweeping anti ... into unlawful actions and any violation of public order.” Belarus’ opposition-leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya denounced the ...

In the German city of Lüdenscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, a passenger car with Belarusian license plates was stopped, which made a “deplorable impression”. As it turned out, not in vain, writes the ...