Category: FOREIGN

Protests against curbs, new variant detected

Protests against curbs, new variant detected

Jan 10, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Two more new variants - IHU and Deltacron - have emerged. (more…) Read More

Troops ordered to fire without warning

Troops ordered to fire without warning

Jan 7, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  KAZAKHASTAN) - Kazakhstan's authoritarian leader says he has ordered security forces to "fire without warning" amid a violent ... Read More

UK to ease COVID-19 restrictions over travel to England

UK to ease COVID-19 restrictions over travel to England

Jan 6, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  LONDON) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced changes Wednesday to COVID-19 rules for travel to England, scrapping ... Read More

Water pollution exacerbates suffering of Siem Reap villagers

Water pollution exacerbates suffering of Siem Reap villagers

Jan 6, 2022

(FASTNEWS | CAMBODIA) - At least 100 families in a flooded village in Peam Ta Uor, Siem Reap province, Cambodia, ... Read More

President Macron warns he will ‘hassle’ France’s unvaccinated

President Macron warns he will ‘hassle’ France’s unvaccinated

Jan 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  FRANCE) - French President Emmanuel Macron has warned he intends to make life difficult for people in France ... Read More

Kazakhstan declares state of emergency in Almaty after fuel price protests

Kazakhstan declares state of emergency in Almaty after fuel price protests

Jan 5, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  Almaty, Kazakhstan) - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has declared a two-week state of emergency in the Central Asian ... Read More

Brazil’s Bolsonaro hospitalized

Brazil’s Bolsonaro hospitalized

Jan 4, 2022

(FASTNEWS | SAO PAULO,BRAZIL)- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized on Monday with an intestinal blockage and may need to ... Read More

Thailand encounters challenges in supplying Corona vaccines

Thailand encounters challenges in supplying Corona vaccines

Jan 4, 2022

(FASTNEWS | THAILAND) - Dr. Chawetsan Namwat, Director of Division of Disease Situation Control in Emergency, revealed that the challenges ... Read More

Sudan PM Abdalla Hamdok resigns amid protests

Sudan PM Abdalla Hamdok resigns amid protests

Jan 3, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  KHARTOUM) - Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has announced his resignation amid mass protests over the military's rule. ... Read More

Fire breaks out in South African parliament in Cape Town

Fire breaks out in South African parliament in Cape Town

Jan 2, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  SOUTH AFRICA) - A major fire broke out in the South African parliament building in Cape Town early ... Read More

First case of ‘Florona’ detected in Israel

First case of ‘Florona’ detected in Israel

Jan 2, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  ISREAL) - Amid the fear of the Omicron variant, Israel recorded the first case of 'florona' disease, according ... Read More

Plenum’s agriculture focus suggests dire food shortages in North Korea

Plenum’s agriculture focus suggests dire food shortages in North Korea

Jan 2, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  NORTH KOREA) - Kim Jong Un’s heavy focus on agricultural issues and rural development plans in December’s party ... Read More

UAE bans foreign travel for citizens without booster jab

UAE bans foreign travel for citizens without booster jab

Jan 2, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  UAE) - The United Arab Emirates has announced that it will ban citizens who have not had three ... Read More

At least 12 dead in New Year temple stampede

At least 12 dead in New Year temple stampede

Jan 1, 2022

(FASTNEWS |  INDIA) - At least 12 people were killed and several others injured after a stampede at a religious ... Read More

S.Korea’s disgraced ex-president Park freed after nearly 5 years in prison

S.Korea’s disgraced ex-president Park freed after nearly 5 years in prison

Dec 31, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  SEOUL) - Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was released from prison on Friday nearly five years after ... Read More