The ruling party-dominated parliament has approved six of President Abdulla Yameen's nominees to the Maldives Broadcasting Commission, including the regulator's incumbent president and two campaign workers....
US Ambassador to the Maldives Atul Keshap met this morning with some of the 18 journalists arrested Sunday from a sit-in protest outside the president's office...
The police have violently cracked down on a peaceful sit-down protest staged by journalists outside the president's office this morning, arresting more than 15 reporters from...
The civil court has issued an order halting the publication of local daily Haveeru pending the outcome of a dispute over the ownership of the Maldives'...
Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal said the Maldives has seen "a steady weakening of its fragile democracy and an erosion of the rule of law"...
The Malaysian government is also considering selling refined oil products to the Maldives from the state-owned Petronas company and extending on-arrival visas for Maldivians to 90...
An 11-point guideline imposed by the Supreme Court on the state human rights watchdog has not hampered its functioning, Shifaq Mufeed, vice president of the Human...
The president's spokesperson said the names of all 23 individuals who applied to the president's office will be forwarded for parliamentary approval today to fill six...
President Abdulla Yameen and First Lady Fathmath Ibrahim departed this afternoon on an official visit to Malaysia in the first couple’s first official overseas trip since...
Three suspected gang members wanted by the police to enforce monitoring and control orders granted by the High Court voluntarily handed themselves over last night. Upon...
President Abdulla Yameen defended last night the government’s decision to reintroduce the death penalty, contending that enforcing capital punishment for murder is necessary to ensure public...
President Abdulla Yameen conceded Wednesday the need for reforming the Maldivian judiciary and renewed appeals for the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party to engage in dialogue...
Misogynistic remarks and behaviour from MPs that were derogatory towards women at recent sittings of the People’s Majlis are “unacceptable,” the human rights watchdog has said,...
Pro-government MPs today accused the opposition of conducting a tourism boycott campaign at the recently concluded ITB Berlin travel fair in Germany with the aim of...
The Prosecutor General's office filed charges against former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb and five soldiers at the criminal court yesterday over the September 28 blast on...
Saudi Arabia pledged to provide US$50 million for a military housing project during an official visit to the kingdom this week by Defence Minister Adam Shareef...
The Maldivian Democratic Party has strongly condemned the police's "unconstitutional" obstruction of Friday's protest as well as the heavy use of pepper spray against protesters and...
