Category: FOREIGN

Britain set for biggest rail strike in decades

Britain set for biggest rail strike in decades

Jun 20, 2022

(FASTNEWS | BRITAIN) - Britain's railway network this week faces its biggest strike action in more than three decades in ... Read More

Ten killed, fifty more injured in train derailment in Iran

Ten killed, fifty more injured in train derailment in Iran

Jun 8, 2022

(FASTNEWS | IRAN) - A passenger train partially derailed in eastern Iran today, killing at least 10 passengers and injuring 50 ... Read More

Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations kicks off

Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations kicks off

Jun 3, 2022

(FASTNEWS | LONDON) - Celebrations marking the Queen's Platinum Jubilee have kicked off in London and around the United Kingdom, with ... Read More

1st Covid vaccine shots for kids under 5

1st Covid vaccine shots for kids under 5

Jun 3, 2022

(FASTNEWS | UNITED STATES) - The Biden administration said Thursday that children under 5 may be able to get their ... Read More

Moneypox has likely spread under the radar “for some time”, says WHO

Moneypox has likely spread under the radar “for some time”, says WHO

Jun 2, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The WHO said Wednesday that hundreds of monkeypox cases have surfaced beyond the African countries where the ... Read More

At least 11 dead, 33 missing after Hurricane Agatha hits Mexico

At least 11 dead, 33 missing after Hurricane Agatha hits Mexico

Jun 2, 2022

(FASTNEWS | MEXICO) - Hurricane Agatha left at least 11 people dead and 33 missing in the southern Mexico state of ... Read More

Canada extends Covid vaccination related measures

Canada extends Covid vaccination related measures

Jun 1, 2022

(FASTNEWS | CANADA) - The Canadian government on Tuesday announced extension of Covid vaccination-related measures for yet another month even ... Read More

Palestinian woman killed after approaching Israel soldier

Palestinian woman killed after approaching Israel soldier

Jun 1, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian woman after she approached a soldier with a knife in the ... Read More

EU leaders agree to Russian oil ban after compromise with Hungary

EU leaders agree to Russian oil ban after compromise with Hungary

May 31, 2022

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - European Union leaders have agreed in principle to cut 90 percent of oil imports from Russia by ... Read More

Nepal plane crash kills 22, including 4 Indians

Nepal plane crash kills 22, including 4 Indians

May 31, 2022

(FASTNEWS | NEPAL) - Two days after a plane crashed in Nepal with 22 aboard, including four Indians, the black ... Read More

Nigeria reports first death of 2022 – Monkeypox

Nigeria reports first death of 2022 – Monkeypox

May 30, 2022

(FASTNEWS | NIGERIA) - The Monkeypox outbreak continues to spread globally with the World Health Organization (WHO) saying in a statement ... Read More

‘We suspect all passengers died’- Nepal on plane crash

‘We suspect all passengers died’- Nepal on plane crash

May 30, 2022

(FASTNEWS | NEPAL) - Fourteen bodies have been recovered so far from the wreckage of a plane that crashed into a ... Read More

Woman gets 15 months in prison for punching flight attendant

Woman gets 15 months in prison for punching flight attendant

May 28, 2022

(FASTNEWS | CALIFORNIA) - A California woman who punched a Southwest Airlines flight attendant in the face during a flight, ... Read More

Victims killed in Texas school shooting identified

Victims killed in Texas school shooting identified

May 26, 2022

(FASTNEWS |UVALDE) - The 19 children and two teachers killed during the mass shooting at the Robb Elementary School in ... Read More

Philippines’s Marcos names new finance chief, central bank head

Philippines’s Marcos names new finance chief, central bank head

May 26, 2022

(FASTNEWS | PHILIPPINES) - Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr has announced his picks for finance minister and central bank governor ahead ... Read More