Israel struck a declared safe zone in Gaza on Tuesday, in a strike the Hamas-run territory's health ministry said killed at least 19 people and the Israeli military said targeted Palestinian militants. The strike hit Al-Mawasi in the southern Gaza Strip, which Israel had designated as a "humanitarian zone" early in the war, and prompted [...]
Kamala Harris savaged Donald Trump as "extreme" and the friend of dictators, while the Republican branded her a "Marxist" in a bitter televised debate Tuesday that poured fuel on an already explosive US presidential election. On hot-button issues ranging from abortion and race to the fate of US democracy, the two held their first -- [...]
The outgoing Ambassador of Switzerland to Seychelles expressed his satisfaction with his contribution to strengthening the good relationship between the two nations after his farewell call on President Wavel Ramkalawan on Tuesday. In an interview with the press, Rolf Stalder emphasised the importance of developing renewable energy and described this as one of the main issues facing many nations around [...]
Seychelles is the new chair of the Contact Group on Illicit Maritime Activities (CGIMA) for a two-year term, the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) announced in a recent press release. According to IOC, the Seychelles chairmanship was announced during the virtual 2nd CGIMA Meeting on September 5, and this transition is a key outcome of this annual meeting [...]
The Cabinet of Ministers has requested further exploration of other options for certain infrastructures and the financial plan of the proposed masterplan on the redevelopment of the Seychelles International Airport presented in June. The Minister for Transport, Antony Derjacques, made the statement on Tuesday when answering a private notice question from the Leader of the [...]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets the new UK government on Tuesday, with the close allies expected to share their resolve on Ukraine and paper over differences on Gaza. The top US diplomat's trip comes ahead of a White House visit on Friday by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, his second visit to Washington since [...]
Australia will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and "onto the footy fields". Federal legislation to keep children off social media will be introduced this year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, describing the impact [...]
The Paralympics closed on Sunday with a giant music-fuelled party as chief Paris 2024 organiser Tony Estanguet said the Games and the Olympics had created a "historic summer". The Paralympic flame and cauldron were extinguished before a concert featuring the best of French electronic music capped off proceedings at a packed Stade de France. More [...]
Pope Francis arrived to a rock star welcome Monday in East Timor, where he will rally the Catholic-majority nation's faithful with a huge mass expected to attract more than half the country's 1.3 million population. Catholic devotees have clamoured to see Francis as he headed to Asia's youngest nation -- making pilgrimages from faraway towns [...]
Seychelles and Mauritius have agreed to have petroleum exploration within the Joint Management Area (JMA) of the Mascarene Plateau at a recent meeting of the Technical Committee of the Joint Commission of the extended continental shelf. This will start with a multi-client survey, including a seismic survey, to know if, where, and how much oil [...]