Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

CNN's Dana Bash was in disbelief Wednesday when Trump administration officials said Belarus released an American hostage and ...

At least one U.S. citizen who had been detained in Belarus was released Wednesday, the United States' top hostage negotiator ...

told CNN. “That’s why he’s taking no chances at all this time.” Now, Lukashenko is facing only token challengers, one of whom has said he is running “not instead of, but alongside the ...

Another American has been released from captivity abroad. CBS News reports Adam Boehler, the US envoy for hostages, confirmed ...

Here’s a look at the life of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Personal Birth date: August 30, 1954 (some sources say August 31) Birth place: Kopys, Belarus Full name: Alexander Grigorievich ...