The police investigation will only be deemed credible if it includes investigators from reputable international organisations, Yameen's parents said.
He was found with multiple stab wounds in the stairway of his apartment building in Malé at 3am on Sunday, and died soon after he was...
The Maldives Independent and its former editor Zaheena Rasheed have been named the winners of Index on Censorship’s 2017 Freedom of Expression Journalism Award.
“The prosecutor general’s insistence on continuing this baseless case against Mohamed Wisam and Raajje TV is clearly intended to intimidate all journalists in the Maldives," the...
Abdul Aleem is accused of contravening the civil court ruling that put Yameen in control of the PPM, by setting up a rival secretariat and expelling...
In a joint statement, the US, EU and Canada said urged the government to let the opposition conduct its activities without fear of intimidation or incarceration.
Gasim Ibrahim has been remanded for six days by the criminal court on charges of bribery as international concern grew of the opposition lawmaker’s arrest.
The police said Gasim, who is facing trial on bribery charges, may tamper with evidence if he remained free.
All schools in capital city Malé have been shut once again after parents refused to send their children to school amid widespread panic over a flu...
Aban Marker Kabraji, Asia Regional Director of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, writes about the importance of gender equality in effective natural resource management.
The police are searching for suspects in the alleged gang rape of a 27-year-old woman in the non-residential, industrial area of Hulhumalé, an urban centre under...
“Our manager said that our signatures are needed for the sake of his job and ours," an employee at STO said. Some signed up voluntarily, in...
Two fires have destroyed a wetland area equal to 35 football pitches on the southern island of Fuvahmulah. Islanders said they suspect the fires were started...
Ministers, lawmakers and heads of state-owned companies are out campaigning in the Maldives far-flung atolls and signing up new members in the capital.
Hassan Latheef, a prominent lawyer and former minister, was elected as the chairperson of the Maldivian Democratic Party on Friday
The ACC declared legal expenses from the state budget and forced attendance for civil servants because the rally was organised by the government and not the...
A Maldivian man who attempted to cross into Syria to join the civil war there has been arrested and brought back to the Maldives, the police...
