The police have arrested three suspects in the murder of a 47-year-old businessman in Addu City and recovered cash stolen from the victim's general store.
"Scare stories of religious extremists threatening tourists have been spread by people who have vested interest – not to highlight an impending problem, but solely to...
The government has obtained a €45 million loan from the European Investment Bank to finance renewable energy projects and upgrade electricity networks in the atolls.
Opposition MPs accuse Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed of breaching the constitution and the parliamentary rules of procedure in order to rubber stamp government proposals. Shortly after the...
The police have dismissed speculation linking two recent assaults by biting to the use of a synthetic drug commonly known as bath salts. In a statement...
Omnia Strategy, a legal consultancy firm chaired by Cherie Blair, the wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, was paid more than £200,000 by a...
"Extremism does not necessarily take the form of religious extremism; a call by an individual to commit violence in the name of a political ideology is...
President Abdulla Yameen has blamed former President Mohamed Nasheed's claims of Maldivians joining extremist groups in Syria for an international bank dropping the Maldives from its...
The Maldives Islamic Bank had refused to share information about Yameen's private bank account with the Anti-Corruption Commission for its investigation into the embezzlement of nearly...
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party has said that the government's infringement of the constitutional right to freedom of assembly shows its "lack of sincerity" in...
The move follow warnings from a visiting delegation from the European parliament that the EU will consider imposing sanctions against top Maldivian officials if the government...
The Maldives' broadcasting regulator has ordered the opposition-aligned Raajje TV not to air a documentary about a Sri Lankan man who allegedly performed sorcery or black magic...
The government has "dealt another blow to the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law" with the judge's arrest, said ICJ's Asia Director Sam...
The state's evidence suggests that Muhthaz Muhsin and accomplices traveled to Alif Dhaal Maamigili around 12:45am on February 7 "to seek a court order to arrest...
A visiting delegation from the European parliament urged the government to free political prisoners and engage in genuine dialogue with political parties. "There is no chance...
Yameen's remarks came after a local company implicated in the unprecedented corruption scandal said that the the missing funds were distributed to the first couple, the...
Former Prosecutor General Muhthaz Muhsin and a judge at the Alif Dhaal Maamigili magistrate court have been arrested over a "fake" warrant issued for President Abdulla...
