Opposition leaders are to announce a new coalition, headed by former Vice President Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, to remove President Abdulla Yameen, The Maldives Independent understands.
The criminal court has postponed the sentencing of four young men charged in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Mohamed Aruham in May 2012.
Inthif Rauf was arrested on October 30 after the police discovered a gun during a raid of his home in Malé. The criminal court, however, ruled...
President Yameen will be meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak whilst the first lady is scheduled to deliver a lecture at the three-day 'Permata International...
Some 18 massive steel pipes imported for the ongoing construction of the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge are being kept on top of a coral reef near Malé.
President Abdulla Yameen has sparked outrage on social media with recent comments on Maldivian men visiting sex workers in Bangkok, feeding opium to the youth, and a...
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, a regional fisheries management body, adopted last week a Maldives-led proposal to set harvest control rules on the skipjack fishery.
The High Court released this morning a magistrate arrested from the southern island of Thinadhoo in Gaaf Dhaal atoll Saturday night on a charge of drug...
Speaking to reporters last night upon his return from a four-day official visit to Pakistan, Defence Minister Adam Shareef Umar said the loan will be used...
A forensic analysis of the former vice president's mobile phone "shows that Adeeb had used his phone to search online for ways to assassinate the president...
"31 March saw the beginning of a painful time for the team of seventy-five employed by Haveeru," writes editor Ali Naseer. "With no means of income,...
At least 71 people were hospitalised on February 8, 2012 after a heavy-handed police crackdown, described by the human rights watchdog as “brutal” and “without warning.”...
The Maldives Customs Service launched a special operation on Tuesday night to seize sauce bottles containing white wine and pork on sale at a shop in...
Raajje TV Chief Operating Office Hussain Fiyaz Moosa Fiyaz was accused of assaulting a police officer while reporting on the military’s attempts to defuse a bomb...
A 41-year-old man injured early march in an assault at the local market in Malé passed away on Wednesday afternoon.
Mohamed Zahir Naseer, "father of sports in the Maldives" and honorary chairman of the Maldives Olympic Committee, passed away at the age of 87 in the...
The Elections Commission had said earlier this month that it will "do what is necessary to introduce electronic voting." However, commission members and Home Minister Umar...
