There is talk that the new President might cancel some BRI projects that were encouraged by his predecessor.

While an Indian national can enter Maldives through visa on arrival, business visas were required to cover Sep 23 Presidential polls.

Besides stifling the Opposition, Yameen has decided to adopt an anti-India strategy as a poll plank in the backdrop of his loosening grip o...

President Abdulla Yameen said he was sending envoys to China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to "provide updates on the current situation".

The move gives sweeping powers to security forces to arrest and detain suspects, and comes amid a tense standoff between the Supreme Court ...

Hussain Rasheed alleged that over 200 Maldivian youths have travelled to Syria to join the ISIS, and hardline preachers have a free run in ...

After foreign secretary S Jaishankar visited Male last week and Sri Lankan pressure, Yameen had allowed his predecessor to travel to UK for...

Maldives Vice President Ahmed Adeeb, arrested on charges of plotting to assassinate President Abdullah Yameen, has a history of criminal ac...

The Abdullah Yameeen government’s decision to amend the Constitution to allow land holdings to foreigners that may lead to larger Chinese f...

Diplomatic sources suggested that the Yameen should establish independence, transparency, consistency and accessibility of the country’s ju...

A court on Friday convicted former under anti-terrorism law for arresting a senior judge illegally when he was president three years ago.

This trip comes amid China’s stand on Maldives, where it appears to have backed Abdullah Yameen as it said that it believes the regime can ...

The arrest warrant against Nasheed was issued by the Maldives Criminal Court this (Sunday) afternoon, an aide of Nasheed told ET over the p...

President Yameen lost confidence of his own coalition partners and people at large within months of coming to power as he tried to consolid...

The Maldives gave indications that it could revive a scrapped airport project that was initially given to Indian infrastructure group GMR.

The differences include one relating to GMR’s airport project and another to the allocation of a site for a Tata Housing project.

India has already indicated its level of comfort in dealing with Yameen and key members of his cabinet, including Foreign and Defence minis...