Intelligence forces in Belarus have said they now know who carried out the fatal metro attack which killed 12 people and wounded more than 200.

A rush-hour explosion which tore through an underground station in Belarus’ capital Minsk, killing 12 people and wounding 126, was a terrorist act, an official said.

An explosion tore through a key subway station in the Belarusian capital of Minsk during evening rush hour today, with reports of seven fatalities.

Police swiftly ended an unprecedented protest in Belarus on today, arresting hundreds of demonstrators in a pre-dawn raid.

AZERBAIJAN’S long-serving president Haydar Aliyev collapsed while delivering a televised speech yesterday, briefly revived, but fell again.