A three member committee will vet suspects before Naseer can seek a monitoring and control - or ‘monicon’ orders - on them from the high court.
The Supreme Court has been asked to summon several high-profile witnesses in light of new evidence that could prove former Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim was framed...
First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim has sparked a firestorm of criticism after it emerged that a charity organisation she founded was distributing packets of dates gifted by...
The home ministry has ordered a southern island to halt production on a movie documenting the forced eviction of its residents in 1962 as collective punishment...
“The Bangladeshi man came to the police station and complained that he was being beaten up and ill-treated by his sponsor. External signs of physical abuse...
The Maldives Roads Development Corporation's managing director has been transferred to a political post despite pending corruption charges over a MVR1 million (US$64,850) loss incurred by...
A judge at the Thinadhoo magistrate court who was arrested on a drug charge last month told the Supreme Court today that he was framed by...
The Employment Tribunal has ordered the Prosecutor General's office to compensate a former public prosecutor for unfair dismissal. Aminath Areej Hussain was sacked on December 9...
The People's Majlis returned from recess Tuesday for the second session of 2016 with bills on expanding executive powers as the first order of business. Ruling...
Four minors and one adult have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy in Malé last Friday.
The criminal court refused entry to reporters and members of the public today to observe closing arguments in former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb's terrorism trials.
Ahmed Latheef, Ahmed Suhail Moosa, and Munawwar Abdulla are the first to stand trial for traveling abroad with the intent of joining a terror group after...
A senior teacher at the Kunahandhoo island school was arrested last night on suspicion of links to terrorist organisations. But islanders are incredulous. "He is a...
The criminal court has postponed the sentencing of four young men charged in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Mohamed Aruham in May 2012.
Inthif Rauf was arrested on October 30 after the police discovered a gun during a raid of his home in Malé. The criminal court, however, ruled...
President Yameen will be meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak whilst the first lady is scheduled to deliver a lecture at the three-day 'Permata International...
At least 71 people were hospitalised on February 8, 2012 after a heavy-handed police crackdown, described by the human rights watchdog as “brutal” and “without warning.”...