China's forays into Maldives, located in India's backyard in the Indian Ocean has aroused concerns in New Delhi... READ MORE›
Soldiers enter parliament after opposition politicians defy lockdown and scale walls demanding a vote to remove speaker... READ MORE›
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›
Prosecutors and Maldives government ministers stood by the verdict, denying political influence and saying that Mr Nasheed was free to appeal... READ MORE›
The Commonwealth charter reflects the commitment of our member states to democracy and human rights, development and growth, and diversity... READ MORE›
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›
Al-Jazeera documentary airing corruption allegations against President Abdulla Yameen leads to crackdown on media... READ MORE›
But Ms. Maumoon insisted that the government was very sure that the explosion was an attempt on Mr. Yameen's life... READ MORE›
Paradise jihadis maldives sees surge in young muslims leaving for syria... READ MORE›
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›
But it also criticised Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party for an "attempt to destabilise the elected government"... READ MORE›
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›
Mrs Abdulla, who has two daughters, was First Lady of the Maldives from 2008 until 2012... READ MORE›
Attorney General Mohamed Anil said President Abdulla Yameen made the decision to safeguard public safety... READ MORE›
Journalists held after police fire pepper spray at group demanding more media freedom outside presidential office... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
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›
Maldives Ex-President arrested for alleged illegal detention of criminal court chief judge... READ MORE›
Gayoom made his trusted young protege Adeeb his vice president last July after sacking his running mate in the 2013 election... READ MORE›
Former Maldives deputy leader Ahmed Adeeb has been convicted of plotting to assassinate the president, and sentenced to 15 years in prison... READ MORE›
The Maldives government accused Nasheed of using his prison leave for publicity purposes... READ MORE›
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›
Adeeb is the fourth high-profile politician to be jailed on terrorism charges since Yameen Abdul Gayoom was elected president in 2013... READ MORE›
As the Maldives' first democratically elected leader, Mr Nasheed became a friend of David Cameron and US President Barack Obama... READ MORE›
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›
The treatment of Nasheed, the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, prompted comment from New Delhi and Washington... READ MORE›
He was granted permission to leave the Indian Ocean island for 30 days to travel to London for treatment for his back... READ MORE›
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›
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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