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Over rights row, Maldives quits Commonwealth INTERNATIONAL

Over rights row, Maldives quits Commonwealth

The Maldives angrily quit the Commonwealth on Thursday after years of wrangling over its human rights record since the toppling of its first democratically-elected leader four years ago.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Pilgrims throng Makkah ahead of Haj ASIA

Pilgrims throng Makkah ahead of Haj

Close to 1.5mn Muslims from around the world descended on Thursday on Saudi Arabia for the annual Haj pilgrimage, undeterred by last year's stampede disaster but with Iranians absent.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Maldives president 'aware of plans to overthrow him' INTERNATIONAL

Maldives president 'aware of plans to overthrow him'

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen, whose administration has jailed most of his opponents, is aware of an opposition plot to overthrow him with the support of "external forces", the president's spokesman said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Maldives foreign minister quits over death penalty INTERNATIONAL

Maldives foreign minister quits over death penalty

The Maldives’ foreign minister resigned yesterday...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Maldives slaps ban on journalists over row of newspaper ownership INTERNATIONAL

Maldives slaps ban on journalists over row of newspaper ownership

A court has slapped a two-year ban on journalists who triggered the closure of the Maldives’ only newspaper

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Maldives slaps ban on journalists over newspaper ownership row INTERNATIONAL

Maldives slaps ban on journalists over newspaper ownership row

A court has slapped a two-year ban on journalists who triggered the closure of the Maldives' only newspaper when they resigned en masse and set up an independent online publication ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Maldives court upholds jail sentence on ex-president INTERNATIONAL

Maldives court upholds jail sentence on ex-president

The Maldives Supreme Court yesterday upheld a 13-year prison sentence passed last year on the country’s first democratically-elected president Mohamed Nasheed

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Maldives home minister quits INTERNATIONAL

Maldives home minister quits

The Maldives home minister quit the government hours before yesterday’s cabinet reshuffle after coming under pressure

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Maldives ex-VP Adeeb jailed for plotting president's assassination INTERNATIONAL

Maldives ex-VP Adeeb jailed for plotting president's assassination

A court in the Maldives has jailed former vice president Ahmed Adeeb for 15 years for plotting to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen following an explosion on the president's speed launch last September, his lawyer said on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Maldives ex-leader forms opposition-in-exile group INTERNATIONAL

Maldives ex-leader forms opposition-in-exile group

Mohamed Nasheed, a former president of the Maldives now in exile in Britain after being ousted from office and jailed in his country

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Maldives strips former president of pension INTERNATIONAL

Maldives strips former president of pension

The Maldives yesterday stripped jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed of his pension entitlements and health insurance...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Maldives cancels jail leave for Nasheed INTERNATIONAL

Maldives cancels jail leave for Nasheed

The Maldives yesterday cancelled the prison leave granted to jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed

4:45 AM November 25 2016