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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

25th October, 2015 55

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

23rd February, 2015 52

EX-PRESIDENT OF THE MALDIVES ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED ILLEGAL DETENTION OF CRIMINAL COURT CHIEF JUDGE


Maldives Ex-President arrested for alleged illegal detention of criminal court chief judge... READ MORE

22nd February, 2015 43

MALDIVES JAILS EX-VP FOR PRESIDENT 'ASSASSINATION PLOT'


Former Maldives deputy leader Ahmed Adeeb has been convicted of plotting to assassinate the president, and sentenced to 15 years in prison... READ MORE

10th June, 2016 32

FORMER MALDIVES PRESIDENT WARNS OF RETURN TO DICTATORSHIP ON UK TRIP


The Maldives government accused Nasheed of using his prison leave for publicity purposes... READ MORE

25th January, 2016 28

MALDIVES' EX-LEADER NASHEED JAILED FOR 13 YEARS ON TERRORISM CHARGES


Former Maldives president and opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being convicted of a terrorism charge, a rul... READ MORE

14th March, 2015 13

MALDIVES COURT CONVICTS POLITICIAN OF BOMB ATTACK ON PRESIDENT


Adeeb is the fourth high-profile politician to be jailed on terrorism charges since Yameen Abdul Gayoom was elected president in 2013... READ MORE

10th June, 2016 12

AMAL CLOONEY SAYS MALDIVES GOVERNMENT SPYING ON HER MEETINGS WITH JAILED PRESIDENT


As the Maldives' first democratically elected leader, Mr Nasheed became a friend of David Cameron and US President Barack Obama... READ MORE

10th September, 2015 8

MALDIVES PRESIDENT'S BOAT HIT BY BLAST, WIFE AND AIDES INJURED


The President of the Maldives was unhurt but his wife and two aides were injured in an explosion on board their boat on Monday... READ MORE

28th September, 2015 4

MALDIVES EX-PRESIDENT'S MOHAMED NASHEED DETENTION EXTENDED


The treatment of Nasheed, the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, prompted comment from New Delhi and Washington... READ MORE

23rd February, 2015 3

JAILED FORMER MALDIVES PRESIDENT RESURFACES IN LONDON BESIDE AMAL CLOONEY, DAVID CAMERON


He was granted permission to leave the Indian Ocean island for 30 days to travel to London for treatment for his back... READ MORE

26th January, 2016 1

MALDIVES' FORMER PRESIDENT NASHEED SAYS HE'S RECEIVED ASYLUM IN BRITAIN


Maldives, which is best known for its luxury island resorts, has in recent years lost much of the democratic gains reflected in Nasheed's 2008 election... READ MORE

24th May, 2016 1

MALDIVES DROPS OUT OF COMMONWEALTH OVER RIGHTS ROW


In its statement the Maldives, which had previously threatened to pull out of the bloc, it accused the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat of interfering in its affairs... READ MORE

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