Bosnia's Serb Republic on Thursday pushed ahead with separatist reforms in violation of the country's constitution, and its pro-Russian leader Milorad Dodik publicly goaded state prosecutors one day after they issued a warrant for his arrest.

Bosnian prosecutors have ordered the detention of three top Bosnian Serb officials over a series of separatist actions in recent weeks that have heightened tensions in the Balkan country.

Bosnia’s top court has temporarily suspended a set of laws enacted by separatist Bosnian Serb authorities that barred the state judiciary and police from operating in the Serb-controlled part of the c