Category: FOREIGN

Organisations’ campaign in Mongolia to celebrate International Human Rights Day

Organisations’ campaign in Mongolia to celebrate International Human Rights Day

Nov 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS | MONGOLIA) - Every year on December 10, the Mongolian Human Rights Forum celebrates International Human Rights Day. (more…) Read More

Dutch police clash with anti-lockdown rioters

Dutch police clash with anti-lockdown rioters

Nov 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Dutch police fired warning shots and used water cannon after rioting erupted in Rotterdam over new ... Read More

Greece is the latest European country to restrict the unvaccinated

Greece is the latest European country to restrict the unvaccinated

Nov 19, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Greece joins Germany, Austria and other European countries in attempting to pressure more people into getting ... Read More

Delhi shuts schools and colleges as air turns toxic

Delhi shuts schools and colleges as air turns toxic

Nov 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  A toxic haze has blanketed the streets of Delhi since the festival of Diwali (more…) Read More

Lower Sesan 2 dam deprives indigenous people of their rights and livelihoods

Lower Sesan 2 dam deprives indigenous people of their rights and livelihoods

Nov 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | CAMBODIA) - The Lower Sesan 2 dam, located at the confluence of the Sesan Rivers and Srey Pok ... Read More

India reports 8,865 new Covid-19 cases, lowest in 287 days

India reports 8,865 new Covid-19 cases, lowest in 287 days

Nov 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | INDIA) -  A total of 11,971 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, which brings the total ... Read More

Ecuador prison riot: New fighting at Guayaquil jail kills 68

Ecuador prison riot: New fighting at Guayaquil jail kills 68

Nov 14, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - At least 68 prisoners have been killed in new fighting at an Ecuadorean prison where more ... Read More

COVID helps spread child labour in Bangladesh

COVID helps spread child labour in Bangladesh

Nov 14, 2021

(FASTNEWS | BANGLADESH) - Bangladesh is facing immense challenges, especially in the education sector due to Covid-19, according to the ... Read More

Biden and China’s Xi will hold virtual meeting on Monday

Biden and China’s Xi will hold virtual meeting on Monday

Nov 13, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  WASHINGTON)- U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke for 90 minutes on Thursday, in their ... Read More

Unvaccinated people lead Covid 4th wave in Germany

Unvaccinated people lead Covid 4th wave in Germany

Nov 12, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Unvaccinated people lead Covid 4th wave in Germany (more…) Read More

Former South African President FW de Klerk dies at 85

Former South African President FW de Klerk dies at 85

Nov 11, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  SOUTH AFRICA) - FW de Klerk, the former president of South Africa and the last white man to ... Read More

Judge rejects Trump bid to withhold records

Judge rejects Trump bid to withhold records

Nov 10, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A US judge has ruled a congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot can access some of ... Read More

Four newborns die in India hospital fire

Four newborns die in India hospital fire

Nov 9, 2021

(FASTNEWS | INDIA) - At least four newborns died when a fire broke out in the neonatal ward of a ... Read More

Abu Dhabi gives nod to non-Muslim civil marriage

Abu Dhabi gives nod to non-Muslim civil marriage

Nov 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | ABU DHABI) - Non-Muslims will be allowed to marry, divorce and get joint child custody under civil law ... Read More

Cambodian families struggle to regain lands seized by investors

Cambodian families struggle to regain lands seized by investors

Nov 8, 2021

(FASTNEWS | CAMBODIA) - Dozens of Cambodian families have continued to protest for more than 20 years, to demand the ... Read More