At a preliminary hearing Sunday morning, Judge Ibrahim Ali announced that the trial will commence on October 8 after a mandatory 30-day period required by the...
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom attended Sunday morning his son MP Faris Maumoon's identity fraud trial as opposition lawmakers gathered outside the criminal court in solidarity...
MP Faris Maumoon pleaded not guilty on Monday to an identity fraud charge raised over the alleged unauthorised use of the flag and logo of the...
The Prosecutor General’s office declined to prosecute Faris Maumoon, son of former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, over alleged failure to reimburse the state for expenses from...
The police said in a tweet after midnight on Friday that the case was sent to the Prosecutor General's office after completing an investigation requested by...
In the aftermath of Monday's contentious no-confidence vote, fresh terror charges were raised against former President Nasheed, former President Gayoom was expelled from the party he...
Both President Abdulla Yameen and the new alliance formed between ruling party lawmakers loyal to former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and opposition parties are confident of...
Majority Leader Ahmed Nihan contended that the changes are necessary to ensure public confidence in the military, insisting that the party is working "genuinely with honest...
Faris Maumoon discusses plans to weaken his uncle, President Abdulla Yameen's stranglehold on power, and shares his take on where it all went wrong, his father's...
After a meeting between the PPM parliamentary group and President Abdulla Yameen, Majority Leader Nihan criticised PPM leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's decision to appoint his son...
Gayoom, the leader of the PPM, said the members who walked out objected to the presence of his son Faris Maumoon and Aminath Nadira, who they...
The ruling party MPs told local media that the lawsuit had been withdrawn. "But we’ve realised Maumoon is still not allowing for council or committee meetings,...
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s son was expelled Tuesday from the ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives amid a bitter internal power struggle that has erupted...
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...
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...
Newspaper Haveeru reported today that the pair were also held for more than an hour at the airport before being told they were blacklisted "by mistake."...