Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's withdrawal of support for his half-brother President Abdulla Yameen's administration after a four-month-long battle for control of the ruling party signalled...
Nasheed’s arrest of a judge during his tenure “was not an act of terrorism,” ex home minister Umar Naseer said, advocating for a lighter sentence of...
Gayoom withdrew support for his brother, Yameen, accusing him of cracking down on dissent and facilitating corruption, and went on to condemn for the first time,...
“I have decided to withdraw my support for this government from this moment on, and I will not support this government in the future,” Gayoom said.
The apex court said it found no “legal basis” to hear Gayoom’s petition, and ruled that the civil court was right to install his half-brother and...
Eight ruling coalition MPs have formed a breakaway group in the People’s Majlis in what may be the first credible threat to President Abdulla Yameen’s majority...
Indian infrastructure firm, GMR, has won at least US$250million in damages from the Maldivian government for abruptly cancelling a lucrative contract to develop and manage the...
The elections commission has scrapped plans to introduce electronic voting in the Maldives for the first time in January’s local council election. The commission announced Tuesday...
Husnu Suood described his summons to the high court over his criticism of proceedings in the legal battle for the control of the ruling party an...
The elections commission has struck off nearly half of the MDP's members from its registry after the parliament approved a law requiring all political party members...
The civil court was right to seize control from Gayoom due to “extraordinary circumstances” arising from the 78-year-old’s refusal to convene the party’s governing council and...
Shoko Noda, the UN resident coordinator to the Maldives, calls for the protection of marine life to be made the main focus of the country's development...
Gayoom's deputies accused Yameen of authoritarianism and hypocrisy in an unprecedented appearance on Raajje TV, and took a swipe at what they described as his unwillingness...
Read on for excerpts from President Abdulla Yameen's October 20 speech on the civil war within the ruling party
The number of city, atoll, and island councillors to be elected in the upcoming local council elections is 653, the elections commission announced Saturday, significantly fewer...
Customs officers seized 2.153kg of cocaine from the luggage of a Bolivian woman who arrived in the Maldives last Monday. Passenger clearance officers at the airport...
After concluding hearings today, the high court is due to decide whether the civil court was right to hand over control of the ruling party from...
