The UN Security Council on Tuesday called on the Taliban to reverse policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, expressing alarm at the "increasing erosion" of human rights in the country. In the latest blow to women's rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year, on Saturday the hardline Islamist rulers banned women [...]
Seychelles is now in a better position to grow its Kazakhstani market segment as Air Seychelles operated its first flight in its seasonal service between the island archipelago and the central Asian country on Tuesday. Greeted by the traditional water cannon salute, flight HM75 landed at the Seychelles International Airport at around 8:30 a.m. with 137 passengers [...]
Emergency crews in New York were scrambling Monday to rescue marooned residents from what authorities called the "blizzard of the century," a relentless storm that has left nearly 50 people dead across the United States and caused Christmas travel chaos. Blizzard conditions persist in parts of the northeastern US, the stubborn remnants of a massive [...]
China said Monday it would scrap mandatory quarantine on arrival, further unwinding years of strict virus controls as the country battles a surge in cases. Having mostly cut itself off from the rest of the world during the pandemic, China is now experiencing an unprecedented surge in infections after abruptly lifting restrictions that torpedoed the [...]
A moratorium on the construction of new tourism accommodations and change of use, which is currently in effect on Seychelles' third-most populated island - La Digue - has been extended to December 2023. The decision was taken by the Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday after it was briefed on the status of La Digue in regard to [...]
Christmas Day floods in the Philippines forced the evacuation of nearly 46,000 people from their homes, civil defence officials said Monday. Eleven people were killed and 19 others were missing after a week's worth of heavy seasonal rain in the southern and eastern regions of the country, they said, updating earlier official figures. The flooding [...]
Improved electronic systems, an increase in informed customers and a cleared backlog of packages have ensured smooth sailing during the festive season for the Seychelles Postal Services, said a top official on Thursday. The operation manager at the Seychelles Postal Services, Sabrina Hoareau, told SNA that there has been an improvement in the services provided [...]
Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for an end to the "senseless" war in Ukraine, in his traditional Christmas message from St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. The 86-year-old also warned the 10-month-old conflict was aggravating food shortages around the world, urging an end to the use of "food as a weapon". The head of the [...]
Christians in Seychelles join the rest of the world on Sunday, December 25, for the Christmas celebration in their usual traditional ways as all mandatory COVID-19 restrictions have been removed. In the island nation in the western Indian Ocean, believers start the day with mass celebrated in their respective parishes. As Catholics and Anglicans celebrate this [...]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday blasted Russian "terror" after shelling on Christmas Eve left at least seven dead and 58 injured in Kherson city, which Kyiv's forces recaptured in November. On the day marking 10 months since the start of the war in Ukraine, shells rained around a busy market in the southern port [...]
