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Belarus passes law to execute officials convicted of treason

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus' authoritarian president on Thursday signed a bill introducing capital punishment for state officials and military personnel convicted of high treason. The amendments to the country's criminal code endorsed by President Alexander Lukashenko envisage death sentences for…

EU envoy in Kosovo to discuss implementing deal with Serbia

PRISTINA, Kosovo — The European Union envoy for the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue on Thursday visited Pristina as part of new efforts to implement a recent agreement on normalizing relations between the neighbors and former foes. Miroslav Lajcak held talks with Kosovo's…

Mexican president to US: Fentanyl is your problem

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Thursday that his country does not produce or consume fentanyl, despite enormous evidence to the contrary. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appeared to depict the synthetic opioid epidemic largely as a U.S. problem, and…

Europe dissolves Iran trade system that never took off

BERLIN — European countries said Thursday they have decided to dissolve a system that was conceived in 2019 to enable trade with Iran and protect companies doing business with it from U.S. sanctions, but only ever processed one transaction. The…