The supreme court upheld tonight the death sentence of a 22-year-old man convicted of killing a parliamentarian, rejecting a surprise last-ditch attempt by members of the...
The Maldives’ former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has been convicted of graft and handed an eight-year prison sentence for the theft of US$5million from the lease...
The government has identified individuals suspected of recruiting Maldivians for militant extremist groups fighting in the Syrian civil war, Defence Minister Adam Shareef Umar revealed today.
Family members of a murdered MP have asked the supreme court to delay the death penalty for the 22-year-old man convicted of killing him.
The criminal court has transferred two suspects arrested in April over the abduction of Maldives Independent journalist Ahmed Rilwan to house imprisonment.
President Yameen reshuffled the cabinet today and appointed Finance Minister Abdulla Jihad as his third deputy in less than a year.
Unfazed by protests from religious conservative groups, Maldives joined in on world yoga day celebrations on Tuesday.
The Maldives Broadcasting Commission has granted a license for the state broadcaster to provide cable television services across the Maldives.
DNA tests link Adeeb to a pistol seized at Nazim's home, but the breakthrough is not conclusive proof of a set-up, the police said.
"Today I have decided to resign from my position as the Home Minister. I thank HEP Yamin and others for all their support," Naseer said in...
The ruling party-dominated parliament voted today to push through changes to the tourism law that would authorise the government to lease islands without a competitive bidding...
Residents of central Kaafu Atoll who protested a recent hike in electricity prices have resolved to pay their bills, as the government continues to drag its...
Maldives today is a capitalist dream. Mega development projects that aspire to ‘change the very map of the country’ are underway across the length and breadth...
The conclusion of an appeal against death sentence on Ahmed Murrath, convicted of killing a prominent lawyer, brings the Maldives a step closer to the first...
The opposition has renewed calls for Yameen’s arrest, claiming it has new evidence he instructed the central bank to halt an inquiry into the Maldives’ biggest...
Opposition MPs questioned the government’s sincerity in tackling jihadi recruitment in the Maldives during a debate today on the first state counter-terrorism policy. MPs accused the current...
Three more soldiers have been sentenced to jail on charges of obstructing justice over the September 28 blast on President Abdulla Yameen's speedboat.
