Category: FOREIGN

At least 26 lawmakers infected in Mississippi

At least 26 lawmakers infected in Mississippi

Jul 9, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - At least 26 lawmakers and 10 others who work at the Mississippi state capitol in Jackson ... Read More

180 bodies found in Burkina Faso mass graves

180 bodies found in Burkina Faso mass graves

Jul 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The bodies of at least 180 men have been found in mass graves in northern Burkina ... Read More

China to impose visa restrictions on U.S. citizens over Tibet

China to impose visa restrictions on U.S. citizens over Tibet

Jul 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - China said on Wednesday it will impose visa restrictions on U.S. citizens who have engaged in ... Read More

Coronavirus: The tenants enduring Australia’s toughest lockdown

Coronavirus: The tenants enduring Australia’s toughest lockdown

Jul 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Amid a second wave of coronavirus, the entire city of Melbourne has just been ordered back ... Read More

Hisham al-Hashimi: Leading Iraqi security expert shot dead in Baghdad

Hisham al-Hashimi: Leading Iraqi security expert shot dead in Baghdad

Jul 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A leading Iraqi expert on armed groups, who advised governments and appeared frequently in the media, ... Read More

Syria conflict: ‘Flagrant’ war crimes committed in Idlib battle, UN says

Syria conflict: ‘Flagrant’ war crimes committed in Idlib battle, UN says

Jul 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Syrian pro-government forces and their jihadist opponents flagrantly violated the laws of war during the battle ... Read More

Coronavirus: Airborne transmission cannot be ruled out, WHO says

Coronavirus: Airborne transmission cannot be ruled out, WHO says

Jul 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The World Health Organization has acknowledged there is emerging evidence that the coronavirus can be spread ... Read More

FBI director: China is ‘greatest threat’ to US

FBI director: China is ‘greatest threat’ to US

Jul 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The director of the FBI has said that acts of espionage and theft by China's government ... Read More

Coronavirus: Trump moves to pull US out of World Health Organization

Coronavirus: Trump moves to pull US out of World Health Organization

Jul 8, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Donald Trump has formally moved to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). ... Read More

Brazil President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

Brazil President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus

Jul 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding in ... Read More

Pakistan’s health and foreign ministers test positive for COVID-19

Pakistan’s health and foreign ministers test positive for COVID-19

Jul 7, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Pakistan’s Minister of State for Health Zafar Mirza tested positive for the coronavirus, the latest high ... Read More

Japan braces for more rain as death toll rises

Japan braces for more rain as death toll rises

Jul 6, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Japan is bracing for more heavy rain after a weekend of flooding left at least 37 ... Read More

India overtakes Russia in Covid-19 cases

India overtakes Russia in Covid-19 cases

Jul 6, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   India has recorded more than 24,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, ... Read More

Outrage as Indian Judge calls alleged rape victim ‘Unbecoming’

Outrage as Indian Judge calls alleged rape victim ‘Unbecoming’

Jul 3, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  An Indian judge is under pressure to delete comments from a court order that questioned the ... Read More

Texas Governor mandates wearing of face masks

Texas Governor mandates wearing of face masks

Jul 3, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered face coverings to be worn in public as coronavirus ... Read More