Category: FOREIGN

Hong Kong security law: China passes controversial legislation

Hong Kong security law: China passes controversial legislation

Jun 30, 2020

(FASTNEWS | CHINA) - China has passed a controversial security law giving it new powers over Hong Kong, deepening fears ... Read More

Gunmen attack Pakistani stock exchange in Karachi

Gunmen attack Pakistani stock exchange in Karachi

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Gunmen have attacked the Pakistani stock exchange in the southern city of Karachi, killing at least ... Read More

Speakers urge UN, int’l community to pressurize fascist Modi regime to stop Kashmiris’ genocide

Speakers urge UN, int’l community to pressurize fascist Modi regime to stop Kashmiris’ genocide

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | IBD) - Speakers here at a seminar marking the ‘International Day in Support of Victims of Torture’ Friday ... Read More

Afghanistan war: Russia denies paying militants to kill US troops

Afghanistan war: Russia denies paying militants to kill US troops

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Russia has denied reports that it offered Taliban-linked militants bounties to kill US troops in Afghanistan. ... Read More

Poland presidential election heads for second round – exit poll

Poland presidential election heads for second round – exit poll

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Exit polls in Poland's presidential election suggest the incumbent, Andrzej Duda, has finished first but without ... Read More

Russia denies its nuclear plants are source of radiation leak

Russia denies its nuclear plants are source of radiation leak

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Russia has said a leak of nuclear material detected over Scandinavia did not come from one ... Read More

Mississippi votes to strip Confederate emblem from state flag

Mississippi votes to strip Confederate emblem from state flag

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Politicians in the US state of Mississippi have passed a resolution to replace the state flag ... Read More

Trump retweets video of supporter shouting ‘white power’

Trump retweets video of supporter shouting ‘white power’

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | USA) - US President Donald Trump retweeted a video showing one of his supporters loudly shouting "white power". ... Read More

China locks down 400,000 people after virus spike

China locks down 400,000 people after virus spike

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | CHINA) - China has reinstated a strict lockdown near Beijing, affecting around 400,000 people, after a small surge ... Read More

Covid-19 death toll passes 500,000

Covid-19 death toll passes 500,000

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The global number of COVID-19 deaths has exceeded 500,000, with the US reporting the highest number ... Read More

Coronavirus: ‘Swift and dangerous turn’ in Texas cases, says governor

Coronavirus: ‘Swift and dangerous turn’ in Texas cases, says governor

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | TEXAS) - The spread of coronavirus infections has taken a "swift and very dangerous turn" in the US ... Read More

Coronavirus: How Delhi ‘wasted’ lockdown to become India’s biggest hotspot

Coronavirus: How Delhi ‘wasted’ lockdown to become India’s biggest hotspot

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - With more than 77,000 cases of Covid-19, India’s capital, Delhi has become the country’s biggest hotspot. ... Read More

Poland’s clash of values in presidential election

Poland’s clash of values in presidential election

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Poles vote on Sunday in a presidential ballot that could place significant curbs on the power ... Read More

Malawi opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera wins historic poll rerun

Malawi opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera wins historic poll rerun

Jun 29, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera has won the country's rerun presidential vote, officials say. He defeated ... Read More

Coronavirus: Florida and Texas reverse reopening as US cases pass 2.5m

Coronavirus: Florida and Texas reverse reopening as US cases pass 2.5m

Jun 28, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Coronavirus infections across the United States have passed 2.5 million, with record numbers of cases reported ... Read More