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A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.
US President Donald Trump meets United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, at Qasr Al Watan, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 15, 2025.

UAE, Belarus, Bahrain join Trump's Board of Peace alongside US rivals China, Russia

Norway was invited to serve on the board as well, but refused the offer. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry did not provide an immediate explanation.

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Service members take part in what Russian Defence Ministry says is the deployment of the Russian nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile system in Belarus, at an unidetified location in this still image from video released December 30, 2025.

Russia deploys nuclear-capable Oreshnik missiles in Belarus amid rising tensions

The state news agency TASS said it was the first time that the Defence Ministry had shown off the Oreshnik mobile missile systems.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Syrian interim president at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on October 15, 2025.

Russia likely placing new hypersonic missiles at former airbase in Belarus, researchers find

The researchers' assessment broadly aligns with US intelligence findings, said a person familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

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Russia's new deputy commander in Ukraine war inspects troops in Belarus

Russian deputy commander meets with troops in Belarus, sparking new concerns for Ukraine.

JANUARY 12, 2023ByREUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference in Minsk, Belarus December 19, 2022.

Belarus detains former presidential candidate

Andrei Dmitriev, 41, an activist who leads an anti-Lukashenko social movement was detained in the capital Minsk on Wednesday, according to a message posted on his Facebook page.

JANUARY 12, 2023ByREUTERS
Presidential candidate Andrey Dmitriev addresses the media in front of the parliament building in Minsk, Belarus August 4, 2020.

Belarus puts Nobel Prize-winning rights defender on trial

Byalyatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties in October, was arrested in 2021 along with two co-workers.

JANUARY 5, 2023ByREUTERS
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Byalyatski, who co-founded the Viasna human rights group, sits inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus January 5, 2023.

Belarus says Russia-deployed Iskander missile systems ready for use

The Iskander-M's two guided missiles have a range of up to 500 km (300 miles) and can carry conventional or nuclear warheads.

DECEMBER 26, 2022ByREUTERS
Russian servicemen equip an Iskander tactical missile system at the Army-2015 international military-technical forum in Kubinka, outside Moscow, Russia, June 17, 2015.

Ukraine-Russia War: Belarus closes off parts of border region

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Belarus on Monday, raising fears in Kyiv of increased coordination between the two allies amid the invasion of Ukraine.

DECEMBER 21, 2022ByREUTERS
Service members of the 38th Brest Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade of the Belarusian armed forces drive vehicles during a snap inspection of troops' combat readiness at an unknown location in Belarus, in this handout picture released December 13, 2022.

Russian 'kamikaze' drones hit Kyiv as Putin heads for Belarus

The Ukrainian Air Force said its air defenses shot down 30 drones, the third Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital in six days.

DECEMBER 19, 2022ByREUTERS
Firefighters work at a site of a critical power infrastructure object, which was hit during Russia's drones attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released December 19, 2022.

Less than 10% of Russian, Ukrainian olim find jobs in their fields - public lobby data

72% of immigrants have not yet started studying Hebrew in an intensive program, also called an ulpan, while 30% gave up ulpan studies because they could not afford it.

DECEMBER 15, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
SOVIET OLIM celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 1990 great wave of aliyah, at the Jerusalem Convention Center, 2015.

Russia wants Ukraine to be 'dependent dictatorship' - Nobel Peace Prize winner

Byalyatski's wife accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in his name and in the name of all "prisoners of conscience in Belarus."

DECEMBER 10, 2022ByREUTERS
Natalia Pinchuk, wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Byalyatski from Belarus, addresses the news conference at the Nobel Institute, as Bialiatski, Memorial and CCL receive the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for their work for human rights in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, in Oslo, Norway December 9, 2022.

Russian troops take part in tactical drills in Belarus

Belarus has said it will not enter the war in Ukraine, but President Alexander Lukashenko has in the past ordered troops to deploy with Russian forces near the Ukrainian border.

DECEMBER 8, 2022ByREUTERS
Russian reservists recruited during the partial mobilisation of troops attend a ceremony before departing to the zone of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the Rostov region, Russia October 31, 2022.

Belarus seeking Iran's help manufacturing artillery shells - Ukraine

Belarus is also reportedly seeking Iran's assistance with transitioning to a closed ammunition production cycle.

NOVEMBER 20, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A self-propelled howitzer 2S1 Gvozdika of pro-Russian troops fires a leaflet shell in the direction of Sievierodonetsk to disperse information materials from their combat positions in the Luhansk region, Ukraine May 24, 2022.