Category: FOREIGN

North Korea: Kim Jong-un ‘suspends military action’ against South

North Korea: Kim Jong-un ‘suspends military action’ against South

Jun 24, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - North Korea has suspended plans for "military action" against South Korea, according to state media. Recent ... Read More

Malawi presidential election: Polls to open in historic re-run

Malawi presidential election: Polls to open in historic re-run

Jun 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Polls are to open in Malawi a year on from President Peter Mutharika's disputed election victory ... Read More

China launches final satellite in challenge to GPS

China launches final satellite in challenge to GPS

Jun 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - China has successfully put into orbit the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 navigation system, further advancing ... Read More

Seattle to end police-free protest zone after shootings

Seattle to end police-free protest zone after shootings

Jun 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Seattle's mayor has said the city plans to take back a district that is being occupied ... Read More

WHO: The greatest threat is lack of solidarity

WHO: The greatest threat is lack of solidarity

Jun 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said the "greatest threat ... Read More

Saudi Arabia bars international pilgrims for Hajj over COVID-19

Saudi Arabia bars international pilgrims for Hajj over COVID-19

Jun 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Saudi Arabia has banned international visitors from making the Islamic pilgrimage, or Hajj, this year in ... Read More

Trump administration extends visa ban to non-immigrants

Trump administration extends visa ban to non-immigrants

Jun 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Trump administration on Monday extended a ban on green cards issued outside the United States ... Read More

UN condemns Afghan healthcare attacks amid pandemic

UN condemns Afghan healthcare attacks amid pandemic

Jun 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   The UN has condemned continued attacks against Afghan health workers and facilities amid the spread ... Read More

Somali soldiers end protest over unpaid salaries

Somali soldiers end protest over unpaid salaries

Jun 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Soldiers in the Somali capital Mogadishu have ended their protest over unpaid salaries. They had blocked ... Read More

Yemen crisis: Separatists take over ‘Galapagos of Indian Ocean’

Yemen crisis: Separatists take over ‘Galapagos of Indian Ocean’

Jun 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Separatists are consolidating control after taking over an island known as the "Galapagos" of the Indian ... Read More

Coronavirus: UN condemns Afghan healthcare attacks amid pandemic

Coronavirus: UN condemns Afghan healthcare attacks amid pandemic

Jun 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The UN has condemned continued attacks against Afghan health workers and facilities amid the spread of ... Read More

Panama exhumes remains of 19 victims from 1989 US invasion

Panama exhumes remains of 19 victims from 1989 US invasion

Jun 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The remains of 19 victims of the 1989 US invasion of Panama have been exhumed from ... Read More

Germany coronavirus: Extra police enforce German tower block quarantine

Germany coronavirus: Extra police enforce German tower block quarantine

Jun 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Police reinforcements have been sent to maintain a coronavirus quarantine on a tower block in the ... Read More

Brazil reaches 50,000 virus deaths amid protests

Brazil reaches 50,000 virus deaths amid protests

Jun 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   Brazil has become the second country, after the US, to register more than 50,000 deaths ... Read More

Modi says military will keep borders secure

Modi says military will keep borders secure

Jun 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -   India has vowed to defend its border with military force if necessary, after 20 of ... Read More