The president said he will urge the supreme court to issue a ruling in Nasheed's terror appeal. "Then we can decide on how to move forward....
The Maldivian government is no longer interested in expanding its luxury tourism sector because of the large number of islands and lagoons leased out in a...
Responding to the UN, the Maldivian foreign ministry said the government “rejected any suggestion that it is responsible for the disappearance of Rilwan, or that it...
Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, called on President Abdulla Yameen today, and delivered a letter from the UAE prime...
Ahmed ‘Seena’ Zahir, a former lawmaker and minister, has blasted authoritarian reversals under President Abdulla Yameen, criticising judicial corruption and tyranny, the ruling party's crackdown on...
Here are excerpts from President Abdulla Yameen's May 3 speech, in which he defended a constitutional amendment that set age-limits of 30- 65 years for the...
Here are excerpts from Yameen's May 2 speech in which he speaks at length on his views of democracy, criticises persisting international pressure and opposition's lobby...
On World Press Freedom Day, The Maldives Independent profiles 13 men - dissidents, writers and journalists - who suffered prison, solitary confinement, prosecution, and torture for...
Tamrat Samuel, the United Nation’s special envoy to the Maldives, left Malé on Friday with little apparent sign of progress in resuscitating all-party talks.
A British decision on imposing targeted sanctions against members of the Maldivian government will rest on the outcome of a Commonwealth-led push for reform in the...
The offices of the Maldives’ oldest newspaper, Haveeru, was hit by an arson attack in the early hours of Friday morning, local media report.
Raajje TV has been ordered to stop live broadcast of its popular talk show Fala Surukhee for airing an interview with an opposition member who leveled...
President Abdulla Yameen was given Wednesday a governance award by an Indian civil society group, recognising his “long term and sustainable plans for the development of...
The Maldives’ embattled president, Abdulla Yameen, has lashed out at persisting international scrutiny over the jailing of his opponents, days after cabinet ministers promised to follow...
Ministers here have said the CMAG had not placed the Maldives on its formal agenda, while critics argued that continued scrutiny means the Maldives is effectively...
The fire broke out around 4:20pm at the two-storey Coastline store - located on the densely populated capital's main thoroughfare Majeedhee Magu - and quickly spread...
The Haveeru Media Group, owned by Dr Zahir Hussain’s three children, are urging the civil court to protect their rights, claiming that Zahir had transferred the...
