Category: FOREIGN

Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in France

Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in France

May 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Félicien Kabuga, one of the most wanted suspects in the Rwandan genocide, has been arrested near ... Read More

Coronavirus: Trump says US reopening, ‘vaccine or no vaccine’

Coronavirus: Trump says US reopening, ‘vaccine or no vaccine’

May 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - President Donald Trump says the US will reopen, "vaccine or no vaccine", as he announced an ... Read More

India coronavirus lockdown: Road accident kills 24 migrant workers

India coronavirus lockdown: Road accident kills 24 migrant workers

May 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - At least 24 migrant workers trying to return home during a nationwide lockdown have been killed ... Read More

Fariba Adelkhah: French academic ‘jailed for six years’ in Iran

Fariba Adelkhah: French academic ‘jailed for six years’ in Iran

May 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A French-Iranian academic has been jailed for six years by a court in Iran, according to ... Read More

Coronavirus: Italy to lift travel restrictions as lockdown eases

Coronavirus: Italy to lift travel restrictions as lockdown eases

May 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Italy's government has signed a decree that will allow travel to and from the country from ... Read More

Steve Linick: Trump fires state department inspector general

Steve Linick: Trump fires state department inspector general

May 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The US state department's inspector general, Steve Linick, has become the latest senior official to be ... Read More

Number of Coronavirus infected persons in Russia increase to 272,043

Number of Coronavirus infected persons in Russia increase to 272,043

May 16, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - With the identification of 9200 newly infected Coronavirus patients in Russia, the total number of infected ... Read More

Mexico at ‘peak moment’ of coronavirus crisis after biggest daily rise in cases

Mexico at ‘peak moment’ of coronavirus crisis after biggest daily rise in cases

May 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Mexico has reached "the peak moment" of its coronavirus outbreak, officials said, as the country recorded ... Read More

Brazil loses second health minister in a month

Brazil loses second health minister in a month

May 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Brazil's health minister has resigned after less than a month in the job following disagreements over ... Read More

Burning EU and other flags can now bring German jail term

Burning EU and other flags can now bring German jail term

May 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Germany has made public burning of the EU flag or that of another country punishable by ... Read More

Israel gets first Ethiopia-born minister, in Pnina Tamano-Shata

Israel gets first Ethiopia-born minister, in Pnina Tamano-Shata

May 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  Israel is set to get its first Ethiopia-born minister, with the nomination of a female MP ... Read More

Coronavirus: Baltic states open a pandemic ‘travel bubble’

Coronavirus: Baltic states open a pandemic ‘travel bubble’

May 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  The Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have opened their borders to one another, creating ... Read More

Coronavirus vaccine: Macaque monkey trial offers hope

Coronavirus vaccine: Macaque monkey trial offers hope

May 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) -  A vaccine against coronavirus appears to have provided protection against the disease Covid-19 in six rhesus macaque monkeys. ... Read More

New York City extends lockdown until 28 May

New York City extends lockdown until 28 May

May 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - New York City's lockdown has been extended until 28 May at the earliest. New York State ... Read More

Maria Branyas: ‘Oldest woman in Spain’ beats coronavirus at 113

Maria Branyas: ‘Oldest woman in Spain’ beats coronavirus at 113

May 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A 113-year-old woman - believed to be the oldest woman in Spain - has recovered from ... Read More