First Lady Fathmath Ibrahim is planning a symposium in September to "prepare leaders" for President Abdulla Yameen's 2018 re-election campaign. The ruling party is not involved...
Four members of the United States Congress have written a letter to President Abdulla Yameen, demanding former President Mohamed Nasheed’s release and expressing concern over the...
“The way the hospital is built there is an open area of about 30 feet. The roof spills water on to the area when it rains...
The mother of missing journalist Ahmed Rilwan filed a complaint with the human rights watchdog today over police obstruction of a peaceful memorial walk held on...
Two men and a woman were arrested from the island of Gan in Laamu atoll last night on suspicion of engaging in illicit sexual relations.
The cabinet's social council has revealed plans to open a second children's home in Hulhumalé and a mental health hospital on the island of Guraidhoo in...
The international legal team representing former President Mohamed Nasheed, including Amal Clooney, are set to visit the Maldives in early September.
An appeal of Nazim's 11-year jail sentence on weapons smuggling charges remains stalled at the High Court after the Supreme Court transferred two judges on the...
The government has terminated a contract to develop a boutique surf resort on the island of Thamburudhoo in Kaafu atoll, and pledged to keep the island...
The environment ministry and some 99 resorts signed a declaration to promote sustainable tourism and protection of marine and coastal ecosystems in the Maldives at the...
The parliament's independent institutions committee has approved amendments proposed to the Political Parties Act to set a threshold of 10,000 registered members for political parties to...
The 44-year-old Indian-American was sworn yesterday, becoming only the second US diplomat of Indian origin to be posted to the South Asia region.
Tidal swells hit the eastern waterfront of Malé around 11:30pm last night, flooding the outer road and cafés and restaurants in the carnival area with water...
The exclusion of former President Mohamed Nasheed from a local school photo exhibition depicting Maldives history has sparked outrage among his supporters.
Husnu Suood, who represents Nazim and Imran, said doctors suspect damage to Nazim's kidneys and have recommended that he should be kept in a stress-free or...
"Riot police manhandled family members and friends of Rilwan, used pepper spray at disproportionately close range, directly into the eyes of demonstrators and also arrested a...
President Abdulla Yameen, in a letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has assured India that Maldives will keep the Indian Ocean demilitarized and will not...