Category: FOREIGN

Iran nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated

Iran nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh assassinated

Nov 28, 2020

(FASTNEWS | IRAN) - Iran's most senior nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has been assassinated near the capital Tehran, the country's ... Read More

Cyclone Nivar makes landfall in India

Cyclone Nivar makes landfall in India

Nov 26, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Cyclone Nivar has killed three people and injured three more after making landfall in southern India, ... Read More

Trump pardons former National Security Adviser

Trump pardons former National Security Adviser

Nov 26, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  US President Donald Trump has pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty ... Read More

Arrivals in England to be able to cut quarantine if they pay for test

Arrivals in England to be able to cut quarantine if they pay for test

Nov 24, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  People arriving in England will be soon able to reduce their quarantine period by more than ... Read More

Trump accepts transition to Biden must begin

Trump accepts transition to Biden must begin

Nov 24, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Donald Trump has accepted a formal US transition should begin for President-elect Joe Biden to take ... Read More

COVID-19: Oxford University vaccine is highly effective

COVID-19: Oxford University vaccine is highly effective

Nov 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS  | UK) - The coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford is highly effective at stopping people developing ... Read More

Israel PM ‘flew to Saudi Arabia for secret talks with crown prince’

Israel PM ‘flew to Saudi Arabia for secret talks with crown prince’

Nov 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS |  ISRAEL) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly flew to Saudi Arabia on Sunday to meet Crown Prince ... Read More

Mexico passes 100,000 Coronavirus deaths

Mexico passes 100,000 Coronavirus deaths

Nov 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Mexico has recorded more than 100,000 deaths from Covid-19 - the fourth country to pass the ... Read More

Biden wins Georgia recount as Trump setbacks mount

Biden wins Georgia recount as Trump setbacks mount

Nov 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  US President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Georgia has been confirmed by a recount, as legal efforts ... Read More

South Australia to enter snap lockdown on 36 cases

South Australia to enter snap lockdown on 36 cases

Nov 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The state of South Australia will enter an immediate six-day lockdown to curb the spread of ... Read More

Trump fires Election Official who contradicted him

Trump fires Election Official who contradicted him

Nov 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Donald Trump says he has fired a top election official who contradicted the US president's claims ... Read More

Hurricane Iota hits Nicaragua

Hurricane Iota hits Nicaragua

Nov 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Hurricane Iota has made landfall in Nicaragua two weeks after another devastating storm hit. The US ... Read More

“More people may die” as Trump transition stalls – Biden

“More people may die” as Trump transition stalls – Biden

Nov 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  US President-elect Joe Biden has warned that "people may die" if his incoming administration continues to ... Read More

Pakistan Doctors Awarded by Saudi Arabia

Pakistan Doctors Awarded by Saudi Arabia

Nov 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The government of Saudi Arabia has presented a leadership award to a Pakistani doctor for his ... Read More

South Australia goes on high alert over COVID

South Australia goes on high alert over COVID

Nov 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  South Australian authorities say they are facing a "dangerous situation" after reporting 18 coronavirus cases in ... Read More