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WANT TO BUY A SLICE OF THE MALDIVES? NOW YOU CAN
They have been creating islands in South China Sea, and they will try to replicate the same exercise in Indian Ocean, he said... READ MORE›
WHAT IS THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE CITY?
Drinking water is also affected because Detroit is particularly vulnerable to water-borne pathogens, and the larvae gruesomely referred to as Chicago Climate Change Maggots ... READ MORE›
FIRST DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED LEADER OF MALDIVES JAILED FOR 13 YEARS ON TERRORISM CHARGES
Prosecutors and Maldives government ministers stood by the verdict, denying political influence and saying that Mr Nasheed was free to appeal... READ MORE›
MALDIVES QUITS COMMONWEALTH OVER ALLEGED RIGHTS ABUSES
The Commonwealth charter reflects the commitment of our member states to democracy and human rights, development and growth, and diversity... READ MORE›
IS IT TOO LATE TO SAVE THE MALDIVES FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM?
Angela Merkel with the former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, in 2010 AFP Getty Images In the meantime, the environment is becoming a secondary victim... READ MORE›
MALDIVES NEWSPAPER RAIDED AFTER CORRUPTION CLAIMS AGAINST PRESIDENT
Al-Jazeera documentary airing corruption allegations against President Abdulla Yameen leads to crackdown on media... READ MORE›
CORAL BLEACHING SPREADS TO MALDIVES, DEVASTATING SPECTACULAR REEFS
When Noaa declared the event was a global bleaching event in October 2015, Mark Eakin, Noaa's Coral Reef Watch coordinator, said it could last well into 2016... READ MORE›
STATE OF EMERGENCY IN MALDIVES IS CALLED PRECAUTIONARY
But Ms. Maumoon insisted that the government was very sure that the explosion was an attempt on Mr. Yameen's life... READ MORE›
REMOTE ISLANDERS SAW 'LOW-FLYING JUMBO JET' ON THE DAY MH370 DISAPPEARED
Now residents of the Maldives island say they saw a plane with red and blue markings on the fatal day... READ MORE›
MALDIVES SEES SURGE IN YOUNG MUSLIMS LEAVING FOR SYRIA
Paradise jihadis maldives sees surge in young muslims leaving for syria... READ MORE›
CHERIE BLAIR 'SNUBBED BY FOREIGN OFFICE' IN MALDIVES LEGAL BATTLE AGAINST AMAL CLOONEY
A Foreign Office spokesman said Minister Swire has met Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon a number of times to discuss the situation in the Maldives... READ MORE›
FORMER MALDIVES PRESIDENT DETAINED UNDER ANTI-TERROR LAW
But it also criticised Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party for an "attempt to destabilise the elected government"... READ MORE›
EXPERTS URGE CAUTION OVER ''MH370 WRECKAGE' FOUND IN MALDIVES
But in June this year, Maldives authorities said they doubted the plane seen from their islands was MH370... READ MORE›
SRI LANKAN 'WITCH DOCTOR' CLAIMS HE USED BLACK MAGIC TO ELECT PRESIDENT OF THE MALDIVES
But Mr Yameen's half-brother, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the country's long-time former dictator, strongly denied that Mr Wickramasinghe had any role in the 2013 election... READ MORE›
STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY GIVES PRESIDENT ASSAD'S ARMY THE EDGE
No wonder senior Russian officers are now also attached to the Syrian army command in Aleppo... READ MORE›
MALDIVES VICE-PRESIDENT CHARGED OVER ALLEGED PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT
Ahmed Adeeb is charged with high treason in connection with last montha??s blast on boat carrying President Abdulla Yameen... READ MORE›
AMAL CLOONEY VISITS NO 10, BUT FOR ONCE IT'S SOMEONE ELSE TURNING HEADS
Mrs Abdulla, who has two daughters, was First Lady of the Maldives from 2008 until 2012... READ MORE›
PRESIDENT OF MALDIVES DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY
Attorney General Mohamed Anil said President Abdulla Yameen made the decision to safeguard public safety... READ MORE›
MALDIVES POLICE ARREST REPORTERS AT PRESS FREEDOM RALLY
Journalists held after police fire pepper spray at group demanding more media freedom outside presidential office... READ MORE›
IN THE MALDIVES, THE FIRST DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED PRESIDENT IS IMPRISONED WHILE ISLAMIC STATE FIGHTERS GO FREE
Sometimes called the Mandela of the Maldives, Nasheed is a political and religious moderate, Western-educated and a longtime champion of democracy, climate justice and human rights... READ MORE›
MALDIVES SEWAGE PLANT FIRE CAUSES WATER SHORTAGE
The Maldives has appealed for aid from India, Sri Lanka, the US and China... READ MORE›
THESE COUNTRIES ARE THE 'MORAL CENTER' OF THE CLIMATE DEBATE. WILL THEY BE LEFT BEHIND?
The president on Tuesday was slated to meet with heads of small island nations, the countries that are the most threatened by climate change... READ MORE›
MALDIVES COURT JAILS OPPOSITION FIGURE SHEIKH IMRAN ABDULLA FOR 12 YEARS
Leader of Adhaalath party convicted on charge of inciting unrest for staging rally against jailing of dissidents under President Abdulla Yameen... READ MORE›
MALDIVES WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING WINS REPRIEVE
Sex outside marriage is against the law in the Maldives although the ban does not apply to tourists visiting the upmarket holiday destination... READ MORE›
MALDIVES LEADER BOOSTS CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT, DECLARES EMERGENCY AHEAD OF RALLY
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Wednesday invoked draconian emergency laws for the first time in 11 years, heightening a crackdown on dissent, after alle... READ MORE›
MALDIVES PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR CALM AFTER DEPUTY'S ARREST OVER BOAT BLAST
Following Adeeb's arrest on Saturday, a small group of his supporters staged a protest that led to a police crackdown, with 17 people detained... READ MORE›
THERE ARE NOW 16 NAMES ON BEIJING'S LIST OF EMBARRASSING, 'UNCIVILISED' CHINESE TOURISTS
There are now 16 individuals on this list of embarrassing tourists, which was launched by the China National Tourism Administration in January... READ MORE›
SHOPPING MALL TERROR ATTACKS CALL
Nasheed lost the presidential election to the current president, Yameen Abdul Gayoom, a half brother of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who had ruled the country for 30 years... READ MORE›
PARIS DEAL 'WON'T SAVE ISLAND NATIONS', KIRIBATI SAYS
COP21 Paris deal won't save low-lying island nations from rising sea levels, Kiribati President warns... READ MORE›
GREEK CRISIS: TOURISTS USING CASH AND CREDIT TO AVOID WITHDRAWAL RESTRICTIONS
For many tourists, including myself, the atmosphere seems at odds with the economic crisis... READ MORE›