Category: FOREIGN

Deadliest day as Myanmar police fire on protests

Deadliest day as Myanmar police fire on protests

Mar 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Police have fired on protesters in Myanmar killing at least 18, the UN human rights ... Read More

Trump rules out starting new political party

Trump rules out starting new political party

Mar 1, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Donald Trump says he has no plans to launch a new political party, telling a conservative ... Read More

More than 300 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted

More than 300 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted

Feb 27, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   More than 300 schoolgirls have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from a school in north-western ... Read More

Hundreds of inmates escape from Haiti prison

Hundreds of inmates escape from Haiti prison

Feb 27, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   More than 400 prisoners are on the run in Haiti after escaping from a jail ... Read More

Single-shot COVID-19 vaccine “Safe and effective”

Single-shot COVID-19 vaccine “Safe and effective”

Feb 25, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   A review by US regulators of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine has found ... Read More

Singapore Police Officer’s wife admits to killing Myanmar maid

Singapore Police Officer’s wife admits to killing Myanmar maid

Feb 25, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   The wife of a Singaporean police officer has admitted to starving, torturing and ultimately killing ... Read More

Biden holds first foreign meeting with Trudeau

Biden holds first foreign meeting with Trudeau

Feb 24, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  US President Joe Biden has spoken with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his first bilateral ... Read More

Malaysia deports Myanmar nationals despite Court order

Malaysia deports Myanmar nationals despite Court order

Feb 24, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Malaysia has deported 1,086 people back to Myanmar, defying a court order and appeals from ... Read More

Huge crowds defy Army warning in Myanmar strike

Huge crowds defy Army warning in Myanmar strike

Feb 23, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Myanmar in one of the ... Read More

Fears mount for Rohingya refugees adrift at sea

Fears mount for Rohingya refugees adrift at sea

Feb 23, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The United Nations is calling for immediate rescue efforts to save a group of Rohingya people ... Read More

Jailed India Activist, 81, granted temporary bail

Jailed India Activist, 81, granted temporary bail

Feb 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   A jailed 81-year-old Maoist ideologue and activist has been granted bail for six months on ... Read More

Airlines ground Boeing 777s after engine failure

Airlines ground Boeing 777s after engine failure

Feb 22, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   The US plane manufacturer Boeing has recommended grounding dozens of its 777 aircraft around the ... Read More

Russia’s Navalny loses appeal against jailing

Russia’s Navalny loses appeal against jailing

Feb 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost an appeal against his jailing for violating the ... Read More

President Biden to declare major disaster in Texas

President Biden to declare major disaster in Texas

Feb 20, 2021

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  US President Joe Biden is set to declare a major disaster for Texas, clearing the way ... Read More

India planning visit of IIOJK for Diplomats to mislead world – Pakistan

India planning visit of IIOJK for Diplomats to mislead world – Pakistan

Feb 18, 2021

(FASTNEWS | ISLAMABAD) - Responding to media queries, the Foreign Office Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan ... Read More