The head of the electoral body is a loyalist of President Abdulla Yameen.
Defence Minister Mohamed Shareef put the total number of Maldivians who travelled to Syria at 61.
Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed was arrested hours after a state of emergency was declared.
Ambassadors are confident India will vote for the Maldives to get a seat on the UN Security Council, despite nosediving bilateral ties.
The trial was cancelled 15 minutes before it was due to start.
An audit of the health ministry revealed negligence and poor record-keeping.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was arrested in February during a state of emergency in connection with an alleged coup plot.
Some 104 million non-biodegradable plastic bags toxic to coral reefs and marine life were imported to the Maldives last year.
Relations between the two countries have come under strain in recent years, mostly over China’s influence in the Maldives but also over a controversial 45-day state...
Tremors in the central Maldives were the result of reef blasting by a local resort firm.
The conglomerate, owned and run by self-exiled Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim, is said to have for paid for luxury Malaysian properties for two top judges.
The government has given India until the end of June to remove the helicopter from the Maldives.
The election is expected to be in September and will be held against the backdrop of widespread criticism of civil and political rights abuses by President...
Former president Mohamed Nasheed said he will renegotiate the Maldives’ debt to China, accusing Beijing of dragging Maldives into a debt trap. Nasheed, who won the...
The Times of India named the men as Shanees Maheer, Ahamed and Ibrahim Fauzen Saleh.
Defence Minister Adam Shareef met the two high-profile detainees as the president's envoy.
The veteran lawmaker has been described as the ideal candidate because of his efforts to unify the parties and political leaders within the Maldives United Opposition.
