Category: FOREIGN

Melbourne’s lockdown begins as cases rise

Melbourne’s lockdown begins as cases rise

Aug 6, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sweeping lockdown restrictions on non-essential businesses in Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, have come into effect, as ... Read More

Beirut explosion: Angry residents demand answers after blast

Beirut explosion: Angry residents demand answers after blast

Aug 6, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - People in Beirut have expressed anger at the government over what they say was negligence that ... Read More

Imperative for int’l community to step in, take practical steps to reverse Indian course in IIOJK: PM

Imperative for int’l community to step in, take practical steps to reverse Indian course in IIOJK: PM

Aug 6, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - (APP) ISLAMABAD, Aug 5 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday reiterated his call for the international ... Read More

Cyclone Isaias reaches Canada after killing at least five in US

Cyclone Isaias reaches Canada after killing at least five in US

Aug 5, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - At least five people have been killed as Tropical Storm Isaias swept through US states on ... Read More

Coronavirus: Queensland to close border to New South Wales

Coronavirus: Queensland to close border to New South Wales

Aug 5, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Australia's Queensland will extend its border closure to New South Wales (NSW) and the Australian Capital ... Read More

India PM Modi lays foundation for Ayodhya Ram temple amid Covid surge

India PM Modi lays foundation for Ayodhya Ram temple amid Covid surge

Aug 5, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Indian PM Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for a Hindu temple in the northern ... Read More

Beirut blast: Lebanon in mourning after massive explosion

Beirut blast: Lebanon in mourning after massive explosion

Aug 5, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Lebanon is in mourning after a huge explosion in the capital Beirut killed at least 100 ... Read More

“Youm-e-Istehsal” Event held to mark one year of military siege in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK)

“Youm-e-Istehsal” Event held to mark one year of military siege in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK)

Aug 3, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Pakistan High Commission organized an event under the theme of “Youm-e-Istehsal”, to mark one year ... Read More

Australia: State of Disaster in Victoria, Melbourne under 6-week lockdown

Australia: State of Disaster in Victoria, Melbourne under 6-week lockdown

Aug 2, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Sweeping new restrictions, including a night-time curfew, will be imposed across Melbourne under stage four restrictions ... Read More

Car bomb in Afghanistan kills at least 17 ahead of Eid ceasefire

Car bomb in Afghanistan kills at least 17 ahead of Eid ceasefire

Jul 31, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - At least 17 people were killed in a car bomb explosion in an Afghan city on ... Read More

Covid-19: Death toll in US surpasses 150,000

Covid-19: Death toll in US surpasses 150,000

Jul 30, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The United States on Wednesday surpassed 150,000 recorded Covid-19 deaths -- a milestone that comes as ... Read More

Johnson warns of ‘signs of second wave’ in Europe

Johnson warns of ‘signs of second wave’ in Europe

Jul 28, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Boris Johnson has defended the UK government's decision to impose quarantine restrictions on Spain, warning there were ... Read More

Hong Kong security law: China hits back in extradition row

Hong Kong security law: China hits back in extradition row

Jul 28, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - China has said Hong Kong will suspend extradition treaties with Britain, Canada and Australia, after they ... Read More

Former Malaysian PM guilty on all charges in corruption trial

Former Malaysian PM guilty on all charges in corruption trial

Jul 28, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak has been found guilty of all seven charges in the first ... Read More

Coronavirus: Swimming defector was not infected, says S Korea

Coronavirus: Swimming defector was not infected, says S Korea

Jul 27, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The man suspected of being North Korea's first confirmed Covid-19 patient did not have the virus, ... Read More