Category: FOREIGN

Protesters storm Parliament over Kyrgyzstan vote

Protesters storm Parliament over Kyrgyzstan vote

Oct 6, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Protesters in Kyrgyzstan calling for the country's parliamentary election to be annulled have broken into parliament ... Read More

Trump downplays COVID-19 on leaving hospital

Trump downplays COVID-19 on leaving hospital

Oct 6, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  US President Donald Trump has made a theatrical return to the White House to continue his ... Read More

Trump health monitored after weekend of confusion

Trump health monitored after weekend of confusion

Oct 5, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   US President Donald Trump remains under scrutiny as he stays in hospital for Covid-19 treatment. ... Read More

Paris to shut bars and raise alert to maximum

Paris to shut bars and raise alert to maximum

Oct 5, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Paris will shut all bars completely from Tuesday as the French government raises the city's ... Read More

EU warns Turkey of sanctions over provocations in Mediterranean

EU warns Turkey of sanctions over provocations in Mediterranean

Oct 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The EU says it could impose sanctions on Turkey over "provocations and pressures" in a row ... Read More

Donald Trump and Melania test positive for COVID-19

Donald Trump and Melania test positive for COVID-19

Oct 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - US President Donald Trump has said he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for ... Read More

Trump and Biden trade insults in chaotic debate

Trump and Biden trade insults in chaotic debate

Sep 30, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden have fiercely clashed in one of the most ... Read More

China clamps down on climbing ‘wild Great Wall’

China clamps down on climbing ‘wild Great Wall’

Sep 30, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - As China's busiest holiday season approaches, Beijing has warned that it will punish those who climb ... Read More

Tourist faces jail in Thailand over hotel review

Tourist faces jail in Thailand over hotel review

Sep 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   A US man is facing up to two years in jail in Thailand after posting ... Read More

Hathras gang rape victim’s death sparks outrage

Hathras gang rape victim’s death sparks outrage

Sep 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  A 19-year-old Dalit (formerly untouchables) woman has died after she was allegedly gang raped by four ... Read More

Trump paid USD 750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017

Trump paid USD 750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017

Sep 28, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Donald Trump paid just $750 (£587) in federal income tax both in 2016, the year he ... Read More

Australian theme park fined over 4 deaths

Australian theme park fined over 4 deaths

Sep 28, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The operator of Australia's Dreamworld theme park has been fined A$3.6m (£2m; $2.5m) over the deaths ... Read More

Yoshihide Suga set to become Japan’s next prime minister

Yoshihide Suga set to become Japan’s next prime minister

Sep 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | JAPAN) – Japanese ruling party leader Yoshihide Suga was elected prime minister in a parliamentary vote Wednesday, becoming ... Read More

Agreements signed to normalize relations between Israel, UAE and Bahrain

Agreements signed to normalize relations between Israel, UAE and Bahrain

Sep 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | WASHINGTON) – U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a signing ceremony Tuesday at the White House for the normalization ... Read More

Melbourne Police arrest 74 anti-lockdown protesters

Melbourne Police arrest 74 anti-lockdown protesters

Sep 14, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - More than 70 people have been arrested in Melbourne, Australia, for flouting the state's stay-at-home orders ... Read More