Parts of bullets used in military training exercises have been discovered in an island in north-central Raa Atoll, according to the police.
The criminal court has been periodically extending the remand detention of several boat blast suspects. Most of them, including Ahmed Ashraf and Hamid Ismail, are now...
President Abdulla Yameen's repressive rule, "blind-eye" to religious extremism, and pervasive human rights abuses, which include the jailing of former President Mohamed Nasheed, "constitute an extraordinary...
The new Indian High Commissioner to the Maldives, Akilesh Mishra, presented his credentials to President Abdulla Yameen this morning. Mishra, formerly India's consul general in Toronto,...
“It has come to our attention that courts are not able to hold hearings as per court schedules because many judges are on leave at the...
The president's office said that former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s claims were baseless and that of a man who stood “accused of dangerous activities.”
During a courtesy call at the president's office yesterday, Dr Jaishankar and President Abdulla Yameen "spoke of supporting each other in the international arena and in...
Detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb cannot be prosecuted on suspicion of carrying a weapon under the now-repealed 1990 anti-terrorism law, his lawyers have contended.
The ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives says it does not know if President Abdulla Yameen’s plans to appoint a new deputy, but said MPs are...
Detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has confirmed the authenticity of a document authorizing former President Mohamed Nasheed’s transfer from jail to house-imprisonment.
Two men were arrested in Kulhudhuffushi for calling for prolonged protests over a primary school teacher's death following a botched caesarean section.
A second hearing in graft charges against Abdulla Ziyath, a tourism official and close associate of former vice president Ahmed Adeeb, was cancelled today because the...
In the first hearing of a trial on a terrorism charge, former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb said he was unaware of any evidence against him except...
President Abdulla Yameen made four new ministerial appointments today. Former Attorney General Azima Shakoor was appointed as minister of legal affairs at the president’s office.
The civil court has thrown out a petition by former President Mohamed Nasheed requesting his immediate release in line with a UN human rights panel ruling....
Lawyers representing Colonel Ahmed 'Papa' Fayaz are now petitioning the prosecutor general to ensure his administrative military detention, which began in early October, is legal.
The six day workshop, led by the Muslim World League, aims to address contentious religious and teach participants how to interpret the Quran. Sessions on Islamic...
