Category: FOREIGN

Chad’s President Idriss Déby dies after clashes with rebels

Chad’s President Idriss Déby dies after clashes with rebels

Apr 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  CHAD) - Chad's President Idriss Déby has died of his injuries following clashes with rebels in the north ... Read More

Russia expels Czech Diplomats over explosion row

Russia expels Czech Diplomats over explosion row

Apr 19, 2021

(FASTNEWS | RUSSIA) - Russia has announced that 20 diplomats from the Czech Republic will be expelled from the country. ... Read More

Australia opens travel bubble with New Zealand

Australia opens travel bubble with New Zealand

Apr 19, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  NEW ZEALAND) - Tearful reunions filled Auckland airport on Monday as residents from Australia were able to travel ... Read More

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ‘is DYING’

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ‘is DYING’

Apr 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | MOSCOW) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny 'is dying' and could suffer a cardiac arrest at 'any minute', ... Read More

China and US pledge climate change commitment

China and US pledge climate change commitment

Apr 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - China and the US say they are committed to working together and with other countries on ... Read More

Russia retaliates for US diplomatic expulsions

Russia retaliates for US diplomatic expulsions

Apr 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Russia is expelling 10 US diplomats and blacklisting eight top American officials in retaliation for sanctions ... Read More

Raúl Castro steps down as Cuban Communist Leader

Raúl Castro steps down as Cuban Communist Leader

Apr 17, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Raúl Castro says he is resigning as Cuban Communist Party leader, ending his family's six decades ... Read More

US imposes sanctions on Russia for cyber-attacks

US imposes sanctions on Russia for cyber-attacks

Apr 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The US has announced sanctions against Russia in response to what it says are cyber-attacks and ... Read More

Chicago releases video of Police shooting teenager

Chicago releases video of Police shooting teenager

Apr 16, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Chicago police have released graphic footage of an officer shooting dead a 13-year-old boy in a ... Read More

Hundreds test positive for COVID at Kumbh Mela

Hundreds test positive for COVID at Kumbh Mela

Apr 15, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Hundreds of devotees, including nine top saints, have tested positive for Covid-19 in India's Haridwar city ... Read More

US to impose sanctions on Russia for cyber-attacks

US to impose sanctions on Russia for cyber-attacks

Apr 15, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The US government is set to issue a wide range of sanctions against Russia, according to ... Read More

Denmark has ceased giving the AstraZeneca vaccine

Denmark has ceased giving the AstraZeneca vaccine

Apr 14, 2021

(FASTNEWS |  DENMARK) - Denmark has ceased giving the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine amid concerns about rare cases of blood clots, ... Read More

Record number of China jets enter Taiwan airspace

Record number of China jets enter Taiwan airspace

Apr 13, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Taiwan has said a record number of Chinese military jets flew into its airspace on Monday. ... Read More

Sputnik V becomes 3rd vaccine approved in India

Sputnik V becomes 3rd vaccine approved in India

Apr 13, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A third coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in India amid a deadly second wave ... Read More

Rescuers race to free trapped Chinese miners

Rescuers race to free trapped Chinese miners

Apr 11, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Rescue teams are trying to reach 21 people trapped in a coal mine that flooded in ... Read More