Tag: Maldives
Maldives top court seeks to impeach president
MALE: The Supreme Court in the Maldives is trying to impeach President Abdulla Yameen, who has not obeyed its order to release opposition leaders...
Maldives delays release of opposition leaders as foreign pressure mounts
MALE: As domestic and international pressure mounts, the Maldives has delayed complying with a Supreme Court order for the immediate release and new trials...
Clashes in the Maldives after court orders retrial of former president
MALE: Tensions ran high in the Maldives on Friday after a shock Supreme Court decision to clear the exiled former president and eight other convicted...
Rohingya crisis: Maldives ceases trade with Myanmar
The Maldives has announced to suspend all trade activities and relations with Myanmar, said the Maldivian government.
Foreign Ministry of the Maldives issued a formal...
Maldives raid private TV station after declaring emergency
Police in the Maldives on Friday raided a private television station in connection with a YouTube video that allegedly threatened President Abdulla Yameen, the...
Maldives faces international pressure to lift emergency
The United States and Britain have expressed deep concern after the Maldives imposed a state of emergency, saying it curtailed vital civil liberties and...
Maldives warns India over pressure to free ex-president
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Sunday warned India's foreign minister against external interference in the islands' affairs, his office said, as international pressure mounts...
Pakistan, Maldives – a band of brothers
Pakistan and Maldives expressed their resolve to further expand bilateral cooperation and deepen their ties in diverse fields.
This was stated by Prime Minister Nawaz...
SAARC Summit ‘Kathmandu Declaration’ full text
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The full text of the Kathmandu Declaration issued at the close of the Eighteenth SAARC Summit that concluded in Khatmandu, Nepal on Thursday is...
Maldives rejects int’l criticism of judiciary
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The Maldives government has rejected international criticism of its judiciary after it sacked the country's top election officials amid a political crisis.
A statement from...
Maldives confers award on Pakistan Navy chief
Maldives President Mohamed Waheed Hassan on Thursday conferred, Nishaan Muleege Sharafge Izzaiy, one of the highest ranking honours on Admiral Mohamed Asif Sandila, the...
Pakistan play a one-all draw against Maldives
Pakistan stunned hosts Maldives when it struck a last-minute goal settling for a 1-1 draw in the first of two international friendly games being...
Maldives police arrest ex-president
Armed Maldivian police arrested the country’s first democratically elected president on Monday after he ignored court orders to stand trial for abusing his power...
Former Maldives president risks arrest after trial boycott
The first elected president of the Maldives risks arrest after boycotting the scheduled start of his criminal trial and violating a travel ban, the...
Maldives court slaps travel ban on ousted president
A court in the Maldives has slapped a travel ban on ousted president Mohamed Nasheed pending a hearing over allegations of abuse of power...
Maldivian ex-president dismisses court charges
Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, who was forced out of office in February, vowed on Tuesday to defend himself against court charges of abuse...
Ex-Maldives president pushes for polls date
Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed on Saturday demanded the government fulfil its promise to set an early election date to ease the political impasse...