Bosnian prosecutors order arrest of Bosnian Serb leader Dodik
Voice of America
Police officers guard the Palace of the Republic after Bosnian prosecutors ordered the detention of three top Bosnian Serb officials over a series of separatist actions, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, March 12, 2025. FILE - Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Dec. 29, 2023.
Bosnian state prosecutors on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Russian-backed Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik and his aides for ignoring a court summons, raising the stakes in a standoff that threatens the Balkan country's stability.
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting with the chiefs of staff of the European Union and NATO armies on the conflict in Ukraine at the Musee de la Marine in Paris, France, March 11, 2025.
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Employees of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdingstake AP journalists to the area under the Unit 5 reactor pressure vessel, which survived the earthquake-triggered tsunami in 2011, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Futaba town, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 20, 2025.
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