Category: FOREIGN

Coronavirus: North Korea quarantines foreigners amid fears

Coronavirus: North Korea quarantines foreigners amid fears

Feb 24, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus) - North Korea has quarantined 380 foreigners in a bid to stop the coronavirus from breaking out. ... Read More

Trump in India: US president due to begin first official trip

Trump in India: US president due to begin first official trip

Feb 24, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Trump in India) - US President Donald Trump is due to begin his first official trip of India ... Read More

Coronavirus: Mass masked wedding in the Philippines

Coronavirus: Mass masked wedding in the Philippines

Feb 24, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Philippines) - An annual mass wedding ceremony in the Philippines saw face masks and health checks included in ... Read More

Coronavirus: Venice Carnival closes as Italy imposes lockdown

Coronavirus: Venice Carnival closes as Italy imposes lockdown

Feb 24, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus) - Italian officials have cut short the Venice Carnival as they try to control what is now ... Read More

Cambodian sisters, 98 and 101, reunited after 47 years – [IMAGES]

Cambodian sisters, 98 and 101, reunited after 47 years – [IMAGES]

Feb 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Cambodian sisters) - Two Cambodian sisters - aged 98 and 101 - have been reunited for the first ... Read More

EU budget: Talks end amid stand-off between ‘frugal’ and other nations

EU budget: Talks end amid stand-off between ‘frugal’ and other nations

Feb 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS |EU Budget) - An EU budget summit ended without agreement on Friday following a stand-off between wealthy "frugal" member ... Read More

US election 2020: Sanders ‘told of Russian effort to aid his campaign’

US election 2020: Sanders ‘told of Russian effort to aid his campaign’

Feb 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | US election 2020) - Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has condemned Russia for its reported attempts to help ... Read More

Coronavirus: ‘Narrowing window’ to contain outbreak, WHO says

Coronavirus: ‘Narrowing window’ to contain outbreak, WHO says

Feb 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern at the number of coronavirus ... Read More

COVID-19: Italy reports 1st virus death, cases more than quadruple

COVID-19: Italy reports 1st virus death, cases more than quadruple

Feb 22, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Italy reported its first death from the new virus from China early Saturday and the number ... Read More

Qantas warns coronavirus impact of as much as $99m

Qantas warns coronavirus impact of as much as $99m

Feb 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Coronavirus outbreak) - Qantas has warned of a severe financial impact as the potentially deadly coronavirus dampens demand ... Read More

Immigration: No visas for low-skilled workers, government says

Immigration: No visas for low-skilled workers, government says

Feb 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Immigration) - Low-skilled workers would not get visas under post-Brexit immigration plans unveiled by the government. It is ... Read More

Venezuela crisis: US blacklists Russian oil firm for helping Maduro

Venezuela crisis: US blacklists Russian oil firm for helping Maduro

Feb 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Venezuela crisis) - The US has sought to increase financial pressure on Venezuela by blacklisting a subsidiary of ... Read More

Jerusalem: Jordan condemns Israeli Western Wall railway plan

Jerusalem: Jordan condemns Israeli Western Wall railway plan

Feb 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS |Jerusalem) - Jordan has condemned a decision by Israel to advance a plan to build a railway line and ... Read More

Libya conflict: Tripoli rocket attacks halt peace talks

Libya conflict: Tripoli rocket attacks halt peace talks

Feb 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Libya conflict) - Libya's UN-backed government has withdrawn from peace talks after the capital was hit by rocket ... Read More

Syria war: Turkish operation in Idlib ‘only a matter of time’

Syria war: Turkish operation in Idlib ‘only a matter of time’

Feb 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Syrian civil war) - Turkey's president has said it is "only a matter of time" before it launches ... Read More