Category: FOREIGN

Utah Senate supports bill decriminalising polygamy

Utah Senate supports bill decriminalising polygamy

Feb 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Utah decriminalising Polygamy) - Utah's state Senate has voted unanimously to decriminalise polygamy among consenting adults. Under current ... Read More

Coronavirus: Iran reports two suspected fatal cases at Qom hospital

Coronavirus: Iran reports two suspected fatal cases at Qom hospital

Feb 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Iran's health ministry says two people have died after preliminary tests came back as positive for ... Read More

Dana Rohrabacher denies offering Assange a pardon from Trump

Dana Rohrabacher denies offering Assange a pardon from Trump

Feb 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Julian Assange) - A former Republican congressman has denied he offered a pardon to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange ... Read More

Coronavirus: Passengers leave Diamond Princess amid criticism of Japan

Coronavirus: Passengers leave Diamond Princess amid criticism of Japan

Feb 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | CORONAVIRUS) - Hundreds of passengers who tested negative for the new coronavirus have begun leaving a quarantined cruise ... Read More

Eight dead after two attacks in Germany

Eight dead after two attacks in Germany

Feb 20, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Eight people are dead following two shootings at shisha bars in the western German city of ... Read More

India Supreme Court makes landmark ruling on women in army

India Supreme Court makes landmark ruling on women in army

Feb 18, 2020

(FASTNEWS | New Delhi) - India’s top court ruled on Monday that women could serve as army commanders, dismissing the ... Read More

Rockets strike near US embassy in Iraq

Rockets strike near US embassy in Iraq

Feb 17, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Several rockets landed near the embassy of the United States in Iraq's capital early on Sunday, ... Read More

Egypt confirms Africa’s first Covid-19 case

Egypt confirms Africa’s first Covid-19 case

Feb 15, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Egypt’s health ministry on Friday announced the first confirmed case of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Africa. ... Read More

Venezuela crisis: Juan Guaidó greeted with abuse after return from world tour

Venezuela crisis: Juan Guaidó greeted with abuse after return from world tour

Feb 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Venezuela crisis) - Opposition leader Juan Guaidó was met with protests at the airport after returning to Venezuela ... Read More

Syria war: Government will pay ‘heavy price’ for attacking Turkish troops

Syria war: Government will pay ‘heavy price’ for attacking Turkish troops

Feb 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Syrian civil war) - Turkey's president has warned the Syrian government that it will "pay a very, very ... Read More

Syria war: ‘One killed’ as US troops clash with government loyalists near Qamishli

Syria war: ‘One killed’ as US troops clash with government loyalists near Qamishli

Feb 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Syria war) - A man has reportedly been killed in a rare confrontation in north-eastern Syria between US-led ... Read More

US white supremacist propaganda incidents ‘rose by 120% in 2019’

US white supremacist propaganda incidents ‘rose by 120% in 2019’

Feb 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | US white supremacist) - Incidents of white supremacist material being spread across the US rose by 120% in ... Read More

Car-sized turtle fossils unearthed

Car-sized turtle fossils unearthed

Feb 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Fossils of a turtle the size of a car have been unearthed in what is now ... Read More

Pope Francis rules against ordaining married men in Amazon

Pope Francis rules against ordaining married men in Amazon

Feb 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Pope Francis) - Pope Francis has ruled against ordaining married men in the Amazon region as a means ... Read More

UN lists 112 businesses linked to Israeli settlements

UN lists 112 businesses linked to Israeli settlements

Feb 13, 2020

(FASTNEWS | Trump peace plan) - The UN human rights office has issued a long-awaited report on companies linked to ... Read More