Slamming Yameen over continued pressure on critical and independent media in the Maldives, RSF has called on the Commonwealth to react without delay.
The ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives will hold a congress to decide whether the party should award its ticket to incumbent President Abdulla Yameen or...
Gayoom moved to take control of the PPM tonight after a complaint was filed with the party's disciplinary committee urging action against two MPs, including son...
The supreme court has upheld former President Mohamed Nasheed's 13-year jail sentence on charges of terrorism.
CNM, a popular news website critical of the Maldives government, has been forced shut after it exposed the first lady’s misuse of state resources.
Two soldiers convicted of thwarting an investigation into the explosion on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat were freed Wednesday.
The supreme court upheld tonight the death sentence of a 22-year-old man convicted of killing a parliamentarian, rejecting a surprise last-ditch attempt by members of the...
The Maldives’ former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has been convicted of graft and handed an eight-year prison sentence for the theft of US$5million from the lease...
Unfazed by protests from religious conservative groups, Maldives joined in on world yoga day celebrations on Tuesday.
DNA tests link Adeeb to a pistol seized at Nazim's home, but the breakthrough is not conclusive proof of a set-up, the police said.
"Today I have decided to resign from my position as the Home Minister. I thank HEP Yamin and others for all their support," Naseer said in...
Three more soldiers have been sentenced to jail on charges of obstructing justice over the September 28 blast on President Abdulla Yameen's speedboat.
Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, the leader of the newly launched opposition coalition, is being investigated by the police on suspicion of links to a forged warrant...
MPs and members of the PPM have taken to social media calling for Yameen to be awarded the party ticket without a primary after local media...
The embassy of Saudi Arabia in Malé has spoken out in defence of the first lady of the Maldives, who has been accused of corruption when...
The criminal court has found the former chief prosecutor guilty of terrorism for conspiring to kidnap President Abdulla Yameen. Muhthaz Muhsin was handed a 17-year jail...
Ahmed Adeeb, the former vice president of Maldives, and two of his military bodyguards have been found guilty by the criminal court for plotting to assassinate...
