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CHINA DEFENDS FTA WITH MALDIVES AHEAD OF PRESIDENT ABDULLA YAMEEN BEIJING VISIT


China's forays into Maldives, located in India's backyard in the Indian Ocean has aroused concerns in New Delhi... READ MORE

6th December, 2017 2

ST HELENA TOURISM CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF AS AIRPORT OPENS


Indeed the small plane can bring less than 4,000 people, including residents, to the island each year... READ MORE

22nd November, 2017 0

US SENDS SUPER CARRIER USS NIMITZ TO SRI LANKA IN FLAG-SHOWING VISIT AIMED AT CHINA


The investment is also viewed as a counter to India's traditional influence in Sri Lanka and the rest of the Indian Ocean... READ MORE

4th November, 2017 1341

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And concerns grow on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, where residents fear the tourism industry is taking over... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 4

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And concerns grow on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, where residents fear the tourism industry is taking over... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 4

SRI LANKA, MALDIVES, MAURITIUS TO TAKE PART IN ISLAND MEET IN CHINA


Island countries are facing great environmental challenges, including climate change, rising sea levels and ocean acidification, Gu said... READ MORE

14th September, 2017 0

Trending News Headlines : Maldives

MALDIVES PARLIAMENT SHUT DOWN TO STOP SPEAKER'S REMOVAL


Soldiers enter parliament after opposition politicians defy lockdown and scale walls demanding a vote to remove speaker... READ MORE

25th July, 2017 4041

ABDULLA YAMEEN 'ADMITS RECEIVING BAGS OF STOLEN CASH'


Eva Abdulla, an opposition politician, said Stealing Paradise uncovered ample evidence of Yameen's involvement in what has become the Maldives' biggest ever corruption scandal... READ MORE

15th August, 2017 3949

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

23rd July, 2015 1630

'WE NEED DEVELOPMENT': MALDIVES SWITCHES FOCUS FROM CLIMATE THREAT TO MASS TOURISM


The Maldives Democratic Party MDP, led by former president Rasheed who is now in exile in London, said Yameen was acting without consultation... READ MORE

3rd March, 2017 1602

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

1st October, 2015 1589

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

14th March, 2015 1481

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

14th October, 2016 1406

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

6th December, 2014 1247

SWITZERLAND'S LAVERTEZZO OVERRUN WITH TOURISTS AFTER VIDEO GOES VIRAL


Village dubbed the Maldives of Milan is being turned into an open air toilet, residents say... READ MORE

27th July, 2017 1228

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

8th September, 2016 1142

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

1st June, 2016 932

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

7th November, 2015 677

5 ISLAND RESORTS WITH FOOD AS SPECTACULAR AS THE SCUBA


Spiny lobster is also on the menu at the hotel's Coral Grill, where you can make it part of a surf and turf entree... READ MORE

29th January, 2017 636

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

4th April, 2015 629

MALDIVES SEES SURGE IN YOUNG MUSLIMS LEAVING FOR SYRIA


Paradise jihadis maldives sees surge in young muslims leaving for syria... READ MORE

26th February, 2015 578

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

20th September, 2015 486

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

22nd February, 2015 448

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

9th August, 2015 266

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

15th February, 2016 256

MALDIVES VICE-PRESIDENT CHARGED OVER ALLEGED PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT


Ahmed Adeeb is charged with high treason in connection with last months blast on boat carrying President Abdulla Yameen... READ MORE

24th October, 2015 230

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

23rd January, 2016 220

PRESIDENT OF MALDIVES DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY


Attorney General Mohamed Anil said President Abdulla Yameen made the decision to safeguard public safety... READ MORE

5th November, 2015 202

SAUDI KING CANCELS MALDIVES VISIT AMID INVESTMENT PLAN BACKLASH


A proposed deal for Saudi Arabia to lease the Faafu Atoll in the Maldives for 99 years as a special economic zone provoked outrage on the islands... READ MORE

17th March, 2017 193

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

3rd April, 2016 156

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

17th January, 2016 141

MALDIVES SEWAGE PLANT FIRE CAUSES WATER SHORTAGE


The Maldives has appealed for aid from India, Sri Lanka, the US and China... READ MORE

5th December, 2014 138

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

1st December, 2015 78

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

17th February, 2016 76

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

19th October, 2015 75

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

4th November, 2015 59


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