A minister has drawn parallels between the state of emergency in the Maldives and the one in France.
The broadcasting regulator has slapped Villa Television and sister station VFM with a fine of MVR400,000 (US$26,000) over a speech by an opposition lawmaker in December last...
An oil tanker suspected of illegally supplying North Korea was not registered by Maldivian authorities to sail under the national flag, the government said Wednesday after Japan...
Parliament approved former elections commissioner Ali Sulaiman's appointment to the watchdog body for law enforcement agencies.
India’s naval chief Sunil Lanba told media that the Maldives had declined to participate in the ‘Milan’ exercise starting March 6, with no reason given for...
LAWASIA confirmed that a fact-finding delegation was denied entry to the Maldives, despite the government’s insistence that international stakeholders are welcome to assess the country’s situation...
Her departure from her uncle’s government appeared imminent after President Abdulla Yameen arrested her father on February 6, but has taken weeks to materialise.
The United Nations Human Rights Council heard that President Abdulla Yameen had to declare a state of emergency because a “conspiracy - financed to the tune...
The Supreme Court has legitimised parliament's approval of President Abdulla Yameen's state of emergency with less than half of lawmakers present last Tuesday.
MP Abdulla Khaleel has fallen out with the government over failure to deliver on an airport pledge, VFP reports, citing a source close to the MP...
Soldiers blocked the entrance to the parliament building, saying there had been no written notification allowing journalists access.
Targeted measures may be considered against the Maldives if the country’s situation does not improve, the Council of the European Union said Monday. President Abdulla Yameen...
Parliament resumed regular business Monday morning with only pro-government lawmakers in attendance for a sitting that lasted less than five minutes.
Some protesters, including a 70-year-old female activist, were taken into custody when riot police moved to disperse the crowd at a busy intersection of the capital's...
The state-owned Maldivian tourism promotion company hired a top-earning US lobbying firm amid growing international condemnation of a continuing state of emergency.
The Elections Commission expected a first round to be held in early September and a second round, should it be necessary, would be held within 21...
A video shows UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric talking to reporters about exchanges between the United Nations and Malé.
