Category: FOREIGN
Myanmar jade mine landslide kills more than 100
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - At least 113 bodies have been found after a landslide at a jade mining site in ... Read More
Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Up to three million Hong Kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in ... Read More
Hong Kong: US passes sanctions as nations condemn new law
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The US House of Representatives has approved new Hong Kong-related sanctions, after Beijing imposed a security ... Read More
Coronavirus: Fauci warns of 100,000 US cases per day
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Top disease researcher Dr Anthony Fauci has told the US Senate that he "would not be ... Read More
Coronavirus: Czechs hold ‘farewell party’ for pandemic
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned this week that the pandemic was not even close to ... Read More
Australia seeks long-range missiles in Indo-Pacific defence shift
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Australia says it will significantly increase military spending and focus on the Indo-Pacific region amid rising ... Read More
Coronavirus: Joe Biden will not hold campaign rallies
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - US Democrat Joe Biden has said he will not hold presidential campaign rallies during the coronavirus ... Read More
Hong Kong: Dozens held as ‘anti-protest’ law kicks in on handover anniversary
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Dozens of people have been arrested in Hong Kong, including a man carrying a pro-independence flag, ... Read More
Tehran clinic hit by deadly explosion
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - At least 19 people have been killed in an explosion at a clinic in Iran's capital ... Read More
Qasem Soleimani: Iran seeks Trump’s arrest over killing of general
(FASTNEWS | TEHRAN) - Iran has issued an arrest warrant for US President Donald Trump over the killing of top ... Read More
Syria faces mass starvation or mass exodus without more aid, WFP says
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Syria faces the risk of mass starvation or another mass exodus unless more aid money is ... Read More
Venezuela tells EU ambassador to leave country
(FASTNEWS | VENEZUELA) - Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the European Union's ambassador to leave the country within 72 ... Read More
China forcing birth control on Uighurs to suppress population, report says
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - China is forcing women to be sterilised or fitted with contraceptive devices in Xinjiang in an ... Read More
New flu with pandemic potential found in China
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Scientists in China have identified a new strain of flu that has the potential to become ... Read More
Human trial of India coronavirus vaccine announced
(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus) - Volunteers in India will be immunised with a new locally made coronavirus vaccine in July. An ... Read More