Photo: AP / Dmitri Lovetsky
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered his police on Wednesday to put down protests in the capital Minsk, signaling an escalation after a week and a half of mass demonstrations against his rule. Lukashenko's order came even as European Union leaders were holding an emergency summit over the political crisis in... read full story
Photo: Belarusian opposition supporters light phones lights during a protest rally in front of the government building at Independent Square in Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Workers at more state-controlled companies and factories took part in the strike that began the day before and has encompassed several truck and tractor factories, a huge potash factory that accounts for a fifth of the world's potash fertilizer output and is the nation's top cash earner, state television and the country's most prominent theater. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)