Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who is backed by the archipelago nation's four main opposition groups, flew...

The European Union and the United States have also expressed concern over the crackdown

India and China are going head to head in the Maldives, the Indian Ocean island chain where Beijing is...

The opposition lost the last elections in 2013 in controversial circumstances

Nearly 1.39 million tourists visited the Maldives, a nation of 1,192 tiny coral islands scatted across...

The move comes ahead of a presidential election set for September 23 at which Yameen will seek a second...

A key problem now is that there is little money for mangrove regeneration and conservation, though all...

The island chain has faced upheavals since February

Mohamed Nasheed was convicted of terrorism in 2015 in a case widely decried by rights groups as politically...

Rights group Amnesty International said in a statement the convictions are politically motivated and...

Mohamed Nasheed will campaign through social media as he cannot return home

In a joint statement, the ambassadors of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands,...

The current president Abdulla Yameen imposed a state of emergency in February to annul a Supreme Court...

The Prosecutor General's office said Wednesday that Gayoom, who ruled the country for 30 years until...

The 11 are accused of trying to topple Yameen who came to power following a controversial election run-off...

Maldives police told Reuters on Saturday that at least 139 opposition protesters were arrested as they...

The protesters are calling for the arrest of Yameen and for the Supreme Court ruling

Police also confirmed that they used pepper spray and teargas to disperse the crowds who marched through...

Yameen’s government has so far ignored international calls to lift the state of emergency, first declared...

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has jailed almost all his political opponents since coming to power...

The opposition party said they boycotted the vote on the state of emergency extension and accused the...