A seven-month old infant died from dengue fever on Wednesday – the second death from the mosquito-borne disease this year.
Dr Azmiralda Zahir, the Maldives’ most senior female judge, resigned from the high court this morning in protest against her transfer to a regional branch in...
The Maldives Broadcasting Commission, in a letter to the opposition-aligned station today, said it was looking into a complaint filed over defamatory content aired during the...
Ismail Ali, the police spokesman, said: “The cases have not been sent for prosecution, and all of the individuals who were arrested have been summoned to...
The Met Department has issued a severe weather warning for central Maldives, forecasting torrential rain, severe thunderstorms and swell waves for the stretch of atolls between Lhaviyani...
President Abdulla Yameen’s claim that the European Union had revoked duty-free status for Maldives tuna over the country's failure to implement freedom of religion and homosexual...
The UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances has summoned the Maldivian government for a response to the disappearance of The Maldives Independent’s journalist Ahmed...
The state broadcaster refused to show a live telecast of last week's press freedom day official ceremony despite assurances to the Maldives Media Council.
Two Maldivians were arrested Tuesday on charges of trafficking some 1.7 kilograms of heroin through the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport.
The prisons authority has granted an extension of former President Mohamed Nasheed's medical leave in the UK until May 18, after reviewing its decision to revoke...
The Maldives requested the UN human rights chief in January to appoint a human rights advisor to help the embattled government "develop policies and guidelines that...
The MDP's self-exiled chairperson appeared on Raajje TV Sunday night with new corruption allegations against President Abdulla Yameen, days after the broadcasting regulator reprimanded the opposition-aligned...
The brother of a key suspect in the abduction of The Maldives Independent journalist Ahmed Rilwan has been arrested on suspicion of threatening the missing journalist's...
President Abdulla Yameen ratified last week changes brought to the Family Act to pave the way for equitable distribution of marital property after divorce, despite opposition...
Two suspects in the abduction of journalist Ahmed Rilwan were transferred to a remand facility days after the criminal court moved the pair to house imprisonment.
The former vice president's lawyer Moosa Siraj said his client was accused of masterminding the kidnapping of Christopher Peter Nikola on September 3, 2015 from a...
The criminal court today entered guilty pleas on behalf of the defendants after they refused to respond to charges due to the court’s alleged refusal to...