President Abdulla Yameen and First Lady Fathmath Ibrahim arrived in Malé this afternoon after concluding an official visit to Malaysia. According to Sri Lankan media, Yameen...
The newly launched 'Maldives United Opposition' has announced a 19-member shadow cabinet comprised of senior opposition figures and former top officials of President Abdulla Yameen's administration.
Five rival opposition groups announced today a united front to remove President Abdulla Yameen from office, urging supporters to bridge differences to restore democracy.
Hearings in former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s terror trial were cancelled Tuesday after a judge on the three-member panel was transferred to the juvenile court. Lawyers...
The judicial watchdog body has suspended a judge at the Thinadhoo magistrate court after he was arrested on a drug charge last Saturday.
Opposition leaders are to announce a new coalition, headed by former Vice President Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, to remove President Abdulla Yameen, The Maldives Independent understands.
President Yameen will be meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak whilst the first lady is scheduled to deliver a lecture at the three-day 'Permata International...
President Abdulla Yameen has sparked outrage on social media with recent comments on Maldivian men visiting sex workers in Bangkok, feeding opium to the youth, and a...
Speaking to reporters last night upon his return from a four-day official visit to Pakistan, Defence Minister Adam Shareef Umar said the loan will be used...
A forensic analysis of the former vice president's mobile phone "shows that Adeeb had used his phone to search online for ways to assassinate the president...
At least 71 people were hospitalised on February 8, 2012 after a heavy-handed police crackdown, described by the human rights watchdog as “brutal” and “without warning.”...
Raajje TV Chief Operating Office Hussain Fiyaz Moosa Fiyaz was accused of assaulting a police officer while reporting on the military’s attempts to defuse a bomb...
The Elections Commission had said earlier this month that it will "do what is necessary to introduce electronic voting." However, commission members and Home Minister Umar...
"The government of the Maldives is disappointed, if confirmed, that the UK government is allowing itself to be part of this charade, and further, is enabling...
A member of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party’s youth wing was briefly detained Monday night after photographing traffic policemen towing vehicles in Malé.
The trial of three suspects charged in connection with the near-fatal stabbing of Mahfooz Saeed, a member of former President Mohamed Nasheed's legal team, began at...
Yameen had claimed that GMR only paid MVR16 million to the government a year whilst MACL generated MVR1 billion in the first year after taking over...
