The tapes caused a scandal as sex outside marriage is a criminal offence in the Maldives.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom started planning to overthrow the government in 2015, police spokesman Ahmed Shifan told the media in a surprise press conference.
Thursday's hearing in the trial of Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and Supreme Court Ali Hameed has been closed to the media and public.
Initially reported as a suicide on March 5, the death was investigated after family members raised questions.
Ibrahim Fuad was dismissed from his position of managing director at the state-owned Waste Management Corporation last May. No reason was given at the time.
The former president said he had written to the court and asked it to reconsider his detention as he was elderly and had health problems.
Prosecutors allege that journalist Ahmed Rilwan was abducted and that a red car owned by one of the suspects was used in the act.
Two suspects are charged in connection with the abduction three years ago. Both were present in court Sunday.
The eight Specials Ops officers were initially accused of planning to violently confront on-duty police officers when the Supreme Court ordered the release of political prisoners...
Three suspects arrested in connection with an assault on the Fonadhoo island in Laamu atoll have been remanded for trial.
Four Maldivians and two foreign nationals were arrested Tuesday night while trying to store more than 400 liquor bottles and 80 cans of beer in a...
An Indian man who confessed to murdering a 31-year-old woman in Bangalore 12 years ago has been arrested while living under an assumed name in the...
A local businessman was robbed of more than MVR1 million (US$65,000) in cash on Monday night, local media reported.
The decision was made with reference to recent changes brought to the Judges Act, which state that the judicial watchdog must suspend judges without pay once they...
Adeeb was ordered to pay MVR74 million (US$4.7 million) as compensation for losses incurred in the leasing of the Nasandhuraa Palace Hotel in Malé.
The closed-door trial of a 34-year old man who has been under arrest since January on rape charges began at the criminal court on Monday.
The High Court on Monday concluded hearings into the state's appeal of opposition MP Abdulla Riyaz's acquittal on obstruction charges last year.
