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RIGA - Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (New Unity) pointed out today in the annual foreign policy debate in the Saeima that it has become comm...

Peters Township, Pa.: As a member of the Jewish community, I thank God that the hostages taken at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Tex., were released and the terrorist who held them captive killed in a brilliant operation carried out by law enforcement. We cannot thank them enough for the skill and bravery they displayed and I hope that the nation will have the opportunity to recognize and honor them in a meaningful way.

Four officials, including the head of Belaruss air navigation service and his deputy, have been charged in the US with piracy over the hijack of a Ryanair flight in May last year.

The US Justice department charged four Belarus officials with air piracy Thursday for last year's forced diversion of a Ryanair flight in order to arrest a dissident on board.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States has charged four Belarusian government officials with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight on May 23, 2021... 20.01.2022, Sputnik International

Prosecutors say the men reported a fake bomb threat to detain an opposition journalist in Minsk.

The charges announced by the US Department of Justice escalate the global uproar over the May 23, 2021, forced landing in Minsk of the Ryanair flight and detention of the journalist Roman Protasevich and his Russian girlfriend

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Four Belarusian government officials have been charged in the United States with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight last May to arrest a dissident Belarusian journalist who was on board, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday.

Prosecutors say the men reported a fake bomb threat to detain an opposition journalist in Minsk.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Ryanair aircraft, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and diverted to Belarus, wh