Category: FOREIGN
US sends warplanes to protect Afghan withdrawal
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The United States has deployed extra military resources to protect American and coalition forces withdrawing from ... Read More
Australia to resume India repatriation flights after backlash
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Australia will resume repatriation flights for some citizens in India after a controversial ban on arrivals ... Read More
Duterte apologises for taking unapproved China jab
(FASTNEWS | PHILIPPINES) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the Chinese Embassy to take back 1,000 donated Sinopharm vaccines, ... Read More
India says new variant linked to COVID surge
(FASTNEWS | INDIA) - India has said a "double mutant variant" of the coronavirus first discovered there in March may ... Read More
China provides most oxygen concentrators to India: ambassador
(FASTNEWS | CHINA)-As far as it goes, China provides most oxygen concentrators to India, and keeps producing oxygen concentrators and ... Read More
Australian government under criticism over India travel ban
(FASTNEWS | AUSTRALIA) - The Australian federal government's ban on its own citizens returning from India has been under criticism, ... Read More
Mexico City metro overpass collapses, killing 15
(FASTNEWS | MEXICO) - At least 15 people have been killed and dozens injured after a metro overpass collapsed in ... Read More
India passes 20 million cases, says COVID “Slowing down”
(FASTNEWS | INDIA) - The number of new Covid infections in India has officially passed 20 million cases, even as ... Read More
Modi loses in battleground state amid COVID surge
(FASTNEWS | INDIA) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party has failed to win a key state in elections held ... Read More
Delhi oxygen crisis deepens as more patients die
(FASTNEWS | DELHI) - Hospitals in Delhi continued to send desperate messages for emergency oxygen supplies through the night on ... Read More
Australia bans arrivals from India, offenders face jail, fines
(FASTNEWS | AUSTRALIA) - Australian residents and citizens who have been in India within 14 days of the date they ... Read More
Car bomb at guest house kills 30 in Afghanistan
(FASTNEWS | AFGHANISTAN) - A huge car bomb blast killed at least 30 people and injured dozens more in Afghanistan's ... Read More
Brazil hits 400,000 deaths amid slow vaccination
(FASTNEWS | BRAZIL) - The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 400,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, ... Read More
Dozens killed in Israeli religious festival crush
(FASTNEWS | ISREAL) - At least 44 people have been killed in a crush at a crowded religious festival in ... Read More
India elections go ahead as deaths hit record high
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - People in the Indian state of West Bengal are voting in the final phase of elections ... Read More