The Jumhooree Party leader was urged to leave the ruling coalition.
The PPM's first major rally in months was marred by reports of forced attendance by civil servants and employees of state-owned companies, whose attendance was marked...
Accusing the opposition of "advocating the destruction of institutions" and "calling for attacks against the police and military", Yameen said: "These aren't characteristics of democracy. Political...
Hundreds of police and soldiers descended on Gaafu Alif atoll Villingili ahead of a visit from President Abdulla Yameen, cracking down on opposition protesters by removing...
President Abdulla Yameen took questions from reporters for the first time since October 2015 at an extraordinary press conference in mid-July. He addressed long-standing allegations of...
The opposition has seized upon President Abdulla Yameen's apparent admission that he benefited from a historic corruption scandal pinned on his jailed former right-hand man.
The Maldives will be ready to carry out the first executions in more than 60 years next month, President Abdulla Yameen declared Sunday amid growing international...
Azim Zahir examines the rise of Salafi-Wahhabism, the more recent Salafi-Jihadism, and the new type of violence represented by the cases of Dr Afrasheem Ali, Ahmed...
Both President Abdulla Yameen and the new alliance formed between ruling party lawmakers loyal to former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and opposition parties are confident of...
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s own creation—one of the most corrupt judiciaries in the world—has finally turned around and bit the hand of its Master, writes...
A ruling party MP threatened to sue al-Jazeera last night over an upcoming documentary about alleged corruption and abuse of power by President Abdulla Yameen that...
In a letter sent to President Yameen on July 5, the renowned Islamic scholar wrote that executing Hussain Humam without the consent of the victim's family...
If the dispute with his half-brother former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is not resolved, Yameen said the increasingly acrimonious PPM split "will be a big Eid...
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has been accused of "hijacking" the Progressive Party of Maldives as a power struggle with his half-brother President Abdulla Yameen for...
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...
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...
Yameen hit back at Gayoom who had said that he was impressed by a group of young people he had met who did not “believe the...
