Category: FOREIGN
North Korea: Kim Jong-un ‘suspends military action’ against South
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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’
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - India has vowed to defend its border with military force if necessary, after 20 of ... Read More