Prosecutor General Aishath Bisham wrote to police hours after parliament approved President Abdulla Yameen’s request to extend the state of emergency by 30 days.
The president's speech clocked in at just 18 minutes. Last year's speech lasted one hour and 13 minutes.
Ties with India have been in the spotlight since the Maldives signed a massive free trade deal with China, and relations have become strained in recent...
There has been widespread condemnation about President Abdulla Yameen's administration and the country's vital tourism industry has taken a beating as holidaymakers stay away.
The state of emergency in the Maldives has been extended by another 30 days, after parliament on Tuesday approved President Abdulla Yameen's request.
A total of 39 lawmakers from the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives (PPM) attended a session to debate the president's request, but all opposition lawmakers...
Parliament’s opening session for 2018, which was due to be held on February 5, was cancelled for security reasons. Later that night the president declared a...
The defence ministry said it was concerned by "irresponsible" calls for and encouragement of Indian military intervention and military action.
The petition was filed last month, to much fanfare, by former presidents Mohamed Nasheed and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom as well as other opposition figures.
President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency following a shock Supreme Court ruling ordering the release of his opponents, including Mohamed Nasheed.
Police spokesman Ahmed Shifan told reporters that US$260,000 had been found in a bag belonging to Supreme Court Justice Ali Hameed, one of two judges arrested...
The constituencies are those where lawmakers lost their seats after being expelled from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM).
There is a state of emergency in the Maldives following President Abdulla Yameen’s refusal to obey a Supreme Court verdict. Here is a round-up of developments...
His full salary is MVR 100,000 (US$6,464) a month and comes from the state.
Mohamed Nasheed last month told reporters the Asian giant was on a shopping spree in the Maldives.
Ambassadors from the European Union, Germany and the UK were in the Maldives days after a state of emergency was declared.
A state of emergency declared by President Abdulla Yameen has triggered an onslaught of travel warnings from foreign governments, including China and the UK, advising their...
