Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has also opposed Humam's execution without the consent of the victim's family. "No Islamic state has the right to carry out...
In a televised statement Thursday night, Gayoom accused PPM MPs of defying his instructions, working against the party's founding principles, and facilitating corruption. The PPM leader...
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has been accused of "hijacking" the Progressive Party of Maldives as a power struggle with his half-brother President Abdulla Yameen for...
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 government is forging ahead with plans to execute the 22-year-old man convicted of killing MP Afrasheem Ali. The MP's family, who asked courts to delay...
The ruling party-controlled parliament voted through today controversial changes to the tourism law that authorises the government to lease islands for resort development without a competitive...
In a message posted on the PPM MPs' Viber group yesterday, the former president said authorising the government to lease islands for resort development without a...
The People's Majlis approved today President Abdulla Yameen's nominees for the new Maldivian permanent representative to the UN and non-resident ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
The supreme court has upheld former President Mohamed Nasheed's 13-year jail sentence on charges of terrorism.
The supreme court registrar said judges had “decided not to hear the appeal” after holding two hearings. Nazim's family has accused the Maldivian state of holding...
The Maldivian Democratic Party has called for Supreme Court Judge Ali Hameed to be investigated for forgery over apparent inconsistencies of age in his identity documents
The anti-corruption watchdog has advised the government to reverse changes brought to the public finance regulations last year that allowed large-scale projects to be awarded without...
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.
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...
The government has identified individuals suspected of recruiting Maldivians for militant extremist groups fighting in the Syrian civil war, Defence Minister Adam Shareef Umar revealed today.
Family members of a murdered MP have asked the supreme court to delay the death penalty for the 22-year-old man convicted of killing him.
