Category: FOREIGN

Netanyahu trial: Israeli prime minister faces Jerusalem court

Netanyahu trial: Israeli prime minister faces Jerusalem court

May 24, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in court for his trial on corruption charges, days ... Read More

Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters decry China security law plan

Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters decry China security law plan

May 24, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Police in Hong Kong have fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters rallying against China's ... Read More

Ramadan: German church opens doors for Muslim prayers

Ramadan: German church opens doors for Muslim prayers

May 23, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A church in Berlin has opened its doors to Muslim worshippers unable to fit into their ... Read More

Venezuela’s military to escort Iranian tankers bringing petrol

Venezuela’s military to escort Iranian tankers bringing petrol

May 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Venezuelan military will escort Iranian tankers delivering much-needed petrol to the country to prevent any ... Read More

Cyclone Amphan: Survivors return to face destruction left by storm

Cyclone Amphan: Survivors return to face destruction left by storm

May 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Millions of people across Bangladesh and eastern India are taking stock of the devastation left by ... Read More

NPC: China moves to impose controversial Hong Kong security law

NPC: China moves to impose controversial Hong Kong security law

May 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - China's ruling Communist Party has set in motion a controversial national security law for Hong Kong, ... Read More

Pakistan Airlines flight with 90 passengers crashes in Karachi

Pakistan Airlines flight with 90 passengers crashes in Karachi

May 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft A320 Airbus on Friday crashed in Model Colony near Jinnah ... Read More

All 50 states partially reopened; US death toll surpasses 90,000

All 50 states partially reopened; US death toll surpasses 90,000

May 21, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - All 50 states of the United States have started easing coronavirus-related restrictions even though many of ... Read More

Coronavirus: World Bank warns 60m at risk of ’extreme poverty’

Coronavirus: World Bank warns 60m at risk of ’extreme poverty’

May 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Up to 60m people will be pushed into "extreme poverty" by the coronavirus warns the president ... Read More

Trump threatens permanent freeze of US funding to WHO

Trump threatens permanent freeze of US funding to WHO

May 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - US President Donald Trump has sent a letter to the head of the World Health Organization ... Read More

Minister sets death toll higher than official figures in Dagestan

Minister sets death toll higher than official figures in Dagestan

May 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COVID-19) - The Health Minister of Dagestan has revealed that 40 frontline healthcare workers have died in the Russian ... Read More

Spain’s daily death toll drops below 100

Spain’s daily death toll drops below 100

May 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COVID-19) - Spain, one of the world's worst-hit countries by Coronavirus, has released its latest figures which show ... Read More

Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead at home

Chinese ambassador to Israel found dead at home

May 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The Chinese ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, was found dead at his residence on the outskirts ... Read More

EU ‘to rally against Israel’s West Bank annexation proposal’

EU ‘to rally against Israel’s West Bank annexation proposal’

May 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The EU has indicated that it will try to stop Israel's proposed annexation of parts of ... Read More