The government has meanwhile asserted the independence of the judiciary and insisted that a bomb caused the September 28 blast on the president's speedboat: "Any suggestion...
A magistrate has been convicted of conspiring to kidnap President Abdulla Yameen by forging a warrant for his arrest over the Maldives' biggest corruption scandal. Ahmed...
The criminal court has found the former chief prosecutor guilty of terrorism for conspiring to kidnap President Abdulla Yameen. Muhthaz Muhsin was handed a 17-year jail...
Ahmed Adeeb, the former vice president of Maldives, and two of his military bodyguards have been found guilty by the criminal court for plotting to assassinate...
President Abdulla Yameen and his wife have increasingly taken to feasts, festivals and colourful ceremonies, attended by fawning ministers and MPs, as his popularity sags amid...
The government has reacted furiously to The Economist's coverage of the new opposition coalition launched in London last week, accusing the magazine of being manipulated "to...
A judge at the Thinadhoo magistrate court who was arrested on a drug charge last month told the Supreme Court today that he was framed by...
The Employment Tribunal has ordered the Prosecutor General's office to compensate a former public prosecutor for unfair dismissal. Aminath Areej Hussain was sacked on December 9...
The People's Majlis returned from recess Tuesday for the second session of 2016 with bills on expanding executive powers as the first order of business. Ruling...
Maldivian police said they have seized 29 kilos of heroin and arrested four in the biggest drug bust in the country’s history.
Four minors and one adult have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy in Malé last Friday.
President Abdulla Yameen laid the foundation for a National Diagnostic Centre at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Malé at a groundbreaking ceremony Sunday night.
The criminal court refused entry to reporters and members of the public today to observe closing arguments in former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb's terrorism trials.
After communal feasts and traditionally extensive preparations, Maldivians joined Muslims around the world today to begin observing rituals of the holy month of Ramadan.
The Maldives' former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has been convicted of terrorism moments ago. He was handed a 10-year jail sentence.
Some 19 individuals arrested in the wake of the fatal stabbing of two 14-year-old boys in Malé last Friday have been released from police custody. Contrary...
Ahmed Latheef, Ahmed Suhail Moosa, and Munawwar Abdulla are the first to stand trial for traveling abroad with the intent of joining a terror group after...
