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.
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.
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.
The Maldives’ foreign minister resigned yesterday...
A court has slapped a two-year ban on journalists who triggered the closure of the Maldives’ only newspaper
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 ...
The Maldives Supreme Court yesterday upheld a 13-year prison sentence passed last year on the country’s first democratically-elected president Mohamed Nasheed
The Maldives home minister quit the government hours before yesterday’s cabinet reshuffle after coming under pressure
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.
Mohamed Nasheed, a former president of the Maldives now in exile in Britain after being ousted from office and jailed in his country
The Maldives yesterday stripped jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed of his pension entitlements and health insurance...
The Maldives yesterday cancelled the prison leave granted to jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed
