The European Union is mulling sanctions on Belarus after the forced landing of a passenger plane and the detention of a journalist. The bloc's foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell said EU is intent on making Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pay a high price for the forced landing of a European airliner to arrest the regime opponents.

EU looks to pressurise Belarus with crippling sanctions

The United States (US) and allies on Thursday called on International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to probe Belarus plane incident in which a Rayanair plane was forced to land, reported Reuters quoting a source.

UN aviation body may probe Belarus plane forced landing incident

Turkey pushed NATO allies into watering down an official reaction to the forced landing by Belarus of a passenger plane and the detention of a dissident journalist on Sunday, two diplomats familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Turkey pushed NATO allies into softening outrage over Belarus plane, diplomats say

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that there were no indications that Belarusian KGB or any other secret service agents were on the Athens-Vilnius flight that was diverted to Minsk in order to arrest a dissident on board.

'No indication' KGB agents were on flight diverted to Belarus: Greece

The Group of Seven (G7) wealthy economies condemned Belarus on Thursday for forcing a passenger plane to land so the authorities could arrest a journalist on board.

G7 calls for 'immediate and unconditional' release of Belarus journalist

The UN civil aviation agency will hold an urgent meeting on Thursday to discuss Belarus after Western powers on the UN Security Council called for the body to investigate Minsk's diversion of a European flight and arrest of a dissident.

UN civil aviation agency ICAO to meet over Belarus plane diversion

The ICAO, the United Nations Civil Aviation Agency, will hold an urgent meeting to discuss Belarus plane diversion on Thursday, when Western powers in the UN Security Council called on the body to investigate Minsk's European flight diversion and the arrest of a dissident.

UN top aviation body ICAO to hold urgent meet over Belarus plane diversion

Detained journalist Roman Protasevich has appeared in a new video after his arrest by Belarusian authorities on Sunday, following the government's extraordinary diversion of his Ryanair flight to capital city Minsk.

Belarus condemned globally after journalist Roman Protasevich's detention

Airlines re-routed flights to avoid Belarus's airspace on Tuesday and Belarusian planes faced a possible ban from Europe, as international outrage mounted over Minsk forcing down a jetliner and arresting a dissident journalist on board.

Airlines re-route to avoid Belarus, opposition says journalist beaten 

European operators are re-routing their flights to avoid Belarus after a Ryanair flight was diverted to arrest a Lukashenko critic. In Brussels, EU leaders have approved a fresh round of sanctions. Will they be enough to prompt the release of Roman Protasevich? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Belarus airspace deserted after EU boycott

A defiant President Lukashenko will address Belarus' parliament on Wednesday as international pressure over the country's diversion of an airliner in order to arrest a dissident grows, with the UN Security Council set to meet behind closed doors later.

Lukashenko defiant as UN Security Council to meet over Belarus 

Western powers prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links on Monday, furious after it scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist, an act one official denounced as 'state piracy'.

Belarus faces new sanctions from West over forced landing of plane, arrest of journalist 

Belarus and its President Alexander Lukashenko continued facing global flak over the Ryanair plane incident. Late on Sunday (Indian time), Belarus sent a fighter jet to divert a Lithuania-bound plane and forced it to land in Belarus.

Pressure mounts on Belarus over plane incident, Russia backs cornered Lukashenko

Sweden became the latest country to clamp down on business with Belarus as the furore of the arrest of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich continued on Tuesday.

Lukashenko will pay bitter price for heinous flight diversion leading to Protasevich's arrest: Germany

An International plane was interjected mid-air by a Belarusian fighter jet. The flight was diverted and forced to land in Minsk. Why? Because Europe's last dictator wanted to punish a passenger. Palki Sharma brings you this straight-out-of-Hollywood story.

Gravitas: Belarus diverts Ryanair plane to arrest critic

Detained Belarusian journalist Protasevich's confession video surfaces

European Union leaders agreed to impose more sanctions on Belarus, including economic ones. EU leaders have also cut Europe's airlinks with Belarus and agreed on banning Belarusian airlines from the bloc.

EU leaders agree to impose more sanctions on Belarus over Ryanair flight 'hijacking'

Belarus said on Monday that a false bomb threat that prompted a passenger plane to be diverted to Minsk where authorities arrested a journalist on board, was written in the name of the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Belarus points to Hamas bomb threat in plane diversion; group rejects claim 

The airline group Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary has said that Belarus’ forced landing of a Ryanair passenger jet in Minsk was “a state-sponsored hijacking” apparently directed by KGB agents.

State-sponsored hijacking: KGB agents were on board plane forced to land by Belarus, says Ryanair CEO

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that any suggestion Russia was somehow involved in the forced landing of a commercial flight in Belarus to detain a dissident journalist was not worth responding to and fuelled by anti-Russian sentiment.

Kremlin dismisses notion of alleged Russian involvement in Belarus plane incident

Global aviation faces its biggest political crisis in years after Belarus scrambled a fighter and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to detain a dissident journalist, prompting US and European outrage.

Global aviation system tested by Belarus jetliner diversion 

Belarus on Sunday sent a fighter jet to escort a passenger plane to land flagging bomb alert that turned out to be false. The plane headed from Athens to Lithuania was diverted to Belarus capital Minsk and an opposition-minded journalist was detained.

Belarus sends fighter jet to divert passenger plane, detains opponent

British government on Monday said that it had instructed UK aircraft to avoid Belarus airspace. Additionally, it slapped a ban on Belarusian flag carrier Belavia.

UK orders aircraft to avoid Belarus airspace, suspends Belavia

Russia on Monday backed Belarus in its decision to divert a plane carrying opposition activist. The activist was later arrested by Belarus. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov defended Belarus' decision.

Russia finds Belarus approach to plane incident 'reasonable'

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