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6 Min Read MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarusian authorities scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force a Ryanair plane to land on Sunday and then detained an opposition-minded journalist who was on board, drawing criticism from across Europe. Opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich, who is accused of participating in an unsanctioned protest at the Kuropaty preserve, arrives for a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus April 10, 2017. Picture taken April 10,...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read MOSCOW, May 23 (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered a Ryanair flight carrying a key opposition blogger and headed for Lithuania to land in the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday and detained him on arrival, officials and rights activists said. Law enforcers detained activist Roman Protasevich, put on a wanted list after last year’s mass street protests following an election in which Lukashenko had claimed a landslide victory. The aircraft, ...

Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to investigate Belarus after it diverted a Ryanair plane, carrying an opposition activist, from Vilnius to the Belarusian capital of Minsk.

Authorities in Belarus scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force a Ryanair plane to land on Sunday and then detained a journalist onboard, Roman Protasevich, drawing criticism from across Europe.

By Reuters Staff 4 Min Read (Reuters) -Myanmar’s junta-appointed election commission will dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy Party (NLD) because of what it said was fraud in a November election, news outlet Myanmar Now said on Friday, citing a commissioner. FILE PHOTO: Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends Invest Myanmar in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo Myanmar Now said the decision was made during a meeting with politi...

3 Min Read (Corrects to note comments in fourth paragraph were made by Finance Minister Grant Robertson, not Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern) WELLINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - New Zealand on Thursday significantly lifted welfare benefit rates and promised billions of dollars towards addressing long-term challenges in its 2021 budget, while forecasting a stronger than expected economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The budget for the 2021 fiscal year allocated funds towards housing, healthcare...

By Reuters Staff (Adds interview details, background) MILAN, May 20 (Reuters) - The European Commission is in contact with EU member states to set up a redistribution system for migrants arriving in Italy during the summer, its home affairs commissioner was quoted as saying on Thursday. “I am in contact with governments to set up a network of voluntary aid, of voluntary redistribution that can help Italy throughout the summer months until we approve the EU reform,” Ylva Johansson told Itali...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday is expected to pass a measure that would create a commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack by Donald Trump's supporters, testing Republican loyalty to the former president, who has denounced the proposal.

Just hours before the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to vote to approve the formation of a commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack by former President Donald Trump's supporters, the Senate's top Republican set up a major roadblock by announcing...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read BERLIN (Reuters) - Trade must be at the centre of a reset in transatlantic ties, and a large free trade area encompassing the United States and the European Union should be a goal, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democrats (CDU) said on Wednesday. Armin Laschet, chairman of the German Christian Democratic Union, CDU, addresses the media during a news conference at the partys headquarters in Berlin, Germany May 17, 2021. Michael Sohn/Pool via REUTERS Former U.S. P...