The president plans to free "200 or 300 or even more" prisoners because he "loves you a lot," the home minister told inmates at the Maafushi...
In a Twitter post, the former president said police officers “visited me in my office today and asked me if I knew anything about the missing...
A spokesman said the police have sent files on the investigation to the prosecutor general’s office, but declined to comment on the charges against the opposition...
Shameem is known for preaching against multi-party democracy, liberalism and for being a jihadist-sympathizer in the on going Syrian conflict.
The anti-graft watchdog has come under fire for declaring legal the government’s choice of a contractor to build a new wing for Malé’s public hospital, a...
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has renewed calls for dialogue between the Maldivian government and political parties, urging the government and the opposition to prioritise national...
The civil court ordered the elections commission to postpone January’s local council elections, citing the ruling party's inability to prepare for polls in the wake of...
Ameen Faisal, who was charged with terrorism over the 2010 detention of President Abdulla Yameen, will be tried behind closed doors, the criminal court has ruled.
State employees said they were threatened with dismissal and salary reductions for failure to attend the rally, while people who travelled to Malé from the Maldives’...
Nasheed’s arrest of a judge during his tenure “was not an act of terrorism,” ex home minister Umar Naseer said, advocating for a lighter sentence of...
Gayoom withdrew support for his brother, Yameen, accusing him of cracking down on dissent and facilitating corruption, and went on to condemn for the first time,...
“I have decided to withdraw my support for this government from this moment on, and I will not support this government in the future,” Gayoom said.
The apex court said it found no “legal basis” to hear Gayoom’s petition, and ruled that the civil court was right to install his half-brother and...
The civil court was right to seize control from Gayoom due to “extraordinary circumstances” arising from the 78-year-old’s refusal to convene the party’s governing council and...
Read on for excerpts from President Abdulla Yameen's October 20 speech on the civil war within the ruling party
The elections commission is due to decide which faction of the PPM has the legal authority to field candidates in the local council elections. Rival factions...
"US concerned that today's action against political opponents further imperils Maldivian democracy," the US assistant secretary of state said after the civil court controversially stripped former...
