Category: FOREIGN

Zambian president denies funding Rwanda rebels

Zambian president denies funding Rwanda rebels

Jul 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has denied claims of bankrolling a Rwandan rebel leader who is facing ... Read More

New York Times to move Hong Kong staff to Seoul over press freedom fears

New York Times to move Hong Kong staff to Seoul over press freedom fears

Jul 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The New York Times says it will move some of its Hong Kong staff to Seoul ... Read More

Belarus election: Hundreds protest after Lukashenko’s rivals barred

Belarus election: Hundreds protest after Lukashenko’s rivals barred

Jul 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Protests have erupted in Belarus, with hundreds rallying against the barring of two leading opposition candidates ... Read More

Hong Kong third wave is ‘worrying’

Hong Kong third wave is ‘worrying’

Jul 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Public health experts say the third wave of infection now hitting Hong Kong is the worst ... Read More

Tokyo records 143 new cases

Tokyo records 143 new cases

Jul 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Japan's capital, Tokyo, has recorded 143 new infections - bringing the city's total to nearly 8,200, ... Read More

Which countries have the most cases?

Which countries have the most cases?

Jul 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - There's almost nowhere in the world now that hasn't been impacted by the virus in one ... Read More

Moderna vaccine enters final stage of human trials

Moderna vaccine enters final stage of human trials

Jul 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - US biotech firm Moderna says it will enter the final stage of human trials for its ... Read More

Trump says he has ended preferential treatment for Hong Kong

Trump says he has ended preferential treatment for Hong Kong

Jul 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - US President Donald Trump has signed an order to end preferential treatment for Hong Kong, after ... Read More

Hurriyat Conference propagates Pakistan’s propaganda on Kashmir, says Kashmiri intellectual

Hurriyat Conference propagates Pakistan’s propaganda on Kashmir, says Kashmiri intellectual

Jul 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Kashmiri writer and intellectual Junaid Qureshi lambasted on the All Party Hurriyat Conference saying that it ... Read More

Malay Parliament reconvenes, COVID-19 bill may be tabled

Malay Parliament reconvenes, COVID-19 bill may be tabled

Jul 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Malaysia's lower house of Parliament reconvened on Monday for its third session of the year as ... Read More

Central and southern China hit by heavy flooding

Central and southern China hit by heavy flooding

Jul 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Areas of southern and central China have been hit by heavy flooding, and the country's flood ... Read More

Hagia Sophia: Pope ‘pained’ as Istanbul museum reverts to mosque

Hagia Sophia: Pope ‘pained’ as Istanbul museum reverts to mosque

Jul 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Pope Francis has said he's "pained" by Turkey's decision to convert Istanbul's Hagia Sophia back into ... Read More

Iran plane crash: ‘Human error’ to blame for downing of Ukrainian jet

Iran plane crash: ‘Human error’ to blame for downing of Ukrainian jet

Jul 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Iran has said the misalignment of air defence equipment was responsible for the accidental downing of ... Read More

Sudan scraps apostasy law and alcohol ban for non-Muslims

Sudan scraps apostasy law and alcohol ban for non-Muslims

Jul 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - After more than 30 years of Islamist rule, Sudan has outlined wide-reaching reforms including allowing non-Muslims ... Read More

Coronavirus: Florida sets new state daily case record of 15,299

Coronavirus: Florida sets new state daily case record of 15,299

Jul 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Florida has registered a state record of 15,299 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours - around ... Read More