Category: FOREIGN

New Zealand supermarket stabbing: Government to toughen anti-terror laws

New Zealand supermarket stabbing: Government to toughen anti-terror laws

Sep 4, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  NEW ZEALAND) - New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has vowed to toughen anti-terror laws following Friday's knife attack ... Read More

New York declares state of emergency over ‘brutal flooding’

New York declares state of emergency over ‘brutal flooding’

Sep 2, 2021

(FASTNEWS | NEW YORK) - A state of emergency has been declared in New York City after it was hit ... Read More

Laos – China railway to kick off by the end of the year

Laos – China railway to kick off by the end of the year

Sep 2, 2021

(FASTNEWS | LAOS) - The Head Coordinator of the Lao-Chinese railway in Luang Prabang Laos, Khemkham Phongsavath, stated that the ... Read More

Scourge of the war and displacement threaten children’s lives in Afghanistan

Scourge of the war and displacement threaten children’s lives in Afghanistan

Sep 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | AFGHANISTAN) - As the Taliban movement took over Afghanistan, children's basic needs have grown exponentially according to UNICEF. ... Read More

Building materials prices to double due to delays in customs operations in Mongolia

Building materials prices to double due to delays in customs operations in Mongolia

Sep 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | MONGOLIA) - Customs restrictions imposed on the Chinese-Mongolian border and delays in the transportation process contributed to a ... Read More

Drought weighs heavily on rice farmers in Siem Reap [VIDEO]

Drought weighs heavily on rice farmers in Siem Reap [VIDEO]

Aug 29, 2021

(FASTNEWS | CAMBODIA) - The drought has hit rice farmers in Cambodia, like other Southeast Asian countries, where farmers in ... Read More

US says drone strike killed IS-K planner

US says drone strike killed IS-K planner

Aug 28, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  AFGHAN) - The US military says it believes it has killed a planner for the Afghan branch of ... Read More

Terror attack warning issued for Kabul Airport

Terror attack warning issued for Kabul Airport

Aug 26, 2021

(FASTNEWS | AFGHANISTAN) - A number of nations say there is a high threat of a terrorist attack at Kabul ... Read More

Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine boosters show signs of taming Delta

Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine boosters show signs of taming Delta

Aug 25, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  ISRAEL) - Israel began administering a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to people more than 60, the ... Read More

Fire at Mexican offshore oil platform kills five

Fire at Mexican offshore oil platform kills five

Aug 24, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  MEXICO) - At least five people have been killed and six injured in a fire at an offshore ... Read More

Government approval to hold early Parliamentary Elections on schedule in Iraq [VIDEO]

Government approval to hold early Parliamentary Elections on schedule in Iraq [VIDEO]

Aug 23, 2021

(FASTNEWS | IRAQ) - The Prime Minister's Advisor for Iraqi Electoral Affairs, Dr. Hussein Al-Hindawi, stated that the early parliamentary ... Read More

Desperate Afghans seek to join escape from Kabul

Desperate Afghans seek to join escape from Kabul

Aug 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | AFGHANISTAN) - There were scenes of panic at Kabul airport on Monday as desperate residents tried to flee ... Read More

Cambodia thank United States for continuing to donate COVID-vaccines [VIDEO]

Cambodia thank United States for continuing to donate COVID-vaccines [VIDEO]

Aug 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | CAMBODIA) - Cambodians expressed their thanks to the United States of America for its continued donation of Covid ... Read More

Cancer causes one-fifth of deaths in Mongolia [VIDEO]

Cancer causes one-fifth of deaths in Mongolia [VIDEO]

Aug 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | MONGOLIA) - Mongolia has a high burden from non-communicable diseases, with cancer now the second leading cause of ... Read More

75th Independence Day of Pakistan celebrated in Sri Lanka

75th Independence Day of Pakistan celebrated in Sri Lanka

Aug 14, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The High Commission of Pakistan and the Pakistani community in Sri Lanka celebrated 75th Independence Day ... Read More