The Maldives, Seychelles and nearby islands depend on Persian Gulf carriers to bring visitors to their shores. With those airlines cutting flights, the tropical destinations are suffering collateral damage from the war in Iran https://t.co/ppTmU7vtSU
Sri Lanka condemned Israel’s “dehumanising treatment of detainees” from a Gaza-bound flotilla after footage showed protesters bound and on their knees.
The Foreign Ministry says there is a Sri Lankan woman among the detainees and wants her treated with dignity and released.
From bucket list to boarding pass - Australia’s only direct flight to the Maldives is here! ✈️🌴
Maldivian Airlines has touched down as our 43rd international carrier, offering non-stop flights to the Maldives for the very first time.
Booked as exclusive flight and accommodation packages with Luxury Escapes, the new weekly service means travellers can now fly from Melbourne to Malé in one seamless journey, no long stopovers or hours in transit.
Turquoise lagoons, overwater villas, soft white sand and warm tropical air.
From dream trip to direct flight. 🏝️🌊🐚
@MaldivianAero@Lux_Escapes
#MelbourneAirport #LuxuryEscapes #Maldivian
In Dec 2024 🇯🇵 gifted to 🇲🇻 @MoDmv@MNDF_Official Coast Guard, maritime communication systems, professional diving gear, and search-and-rescue equipment, such as portable recompression chambers, for advanced operational needs. Hope it was useful in the recent operations
Dramatic footage emerging from Gampola shows the force of the massive flooding and landslides that struck the town last week.
“It was like a tsunami,” a resident recalled, describing how homes, vehicles and entire streets were swallowed within minutes
Thousands of Sri Lankans have seen their beautiful homes reduced to rubble in just a matter of days.
One resident shared a photo of the place he once called home — and the heartbreaking image of what remains now.
Families across the country will need immense support to rebuild their lives from zero.
Air India says 30% of passengers on India-US flights ask for wheelchairs.
Most are able bodied travelers scamming the priority boarding system.
Real disabled passengers get left short.
Congratulations #Maldives 🇲🇻 for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of #hepatitisB!
The country is also maintaining
🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission HIV
🏆 Elimination of mother-to-child transmission syphilis
(validated in 2019)
This historic achievement makes Maldives the first country in the world to achieve 'triple elimination'.
Congrats! Congrats! Congrats! 🥳
I have updated and released a new version of the Maldives Constitution app for Android (now called "MV Constitution" because of new google policies)
I had to release it as a new app because Google removed the old one.
https://t.co/trpPRLtMBG
“Why did burning girls matter in Vietnam but not in Gaza?”
The 'Napalm Girl' photo shocked the world and helped end the Vietnam War, writes @JehadAbusalim, but a child surrounded by flames in Gaza can't even provoke a ceasefire.
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