US charges Belarusian officials for diverting flight carrying dissident journalist

© Petras Malukas/AFP/Getty Images A photo taken on May 23, 2021, shows the Ryanair passenger plane that was intercepted and diverted to Minsk by Belarus authorities. United States federal prosecutors charged four Belarus officials with piracy-related charges for diverting a RyanAir airplane mid-flight last year to arrest a journalist critical of the...

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