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Oct 15, 2018
Abdullah Yameen's defeat allows India, US a chance to firewall Maldives from falling prey to China's 'debt trap' diplomacy
Abdullah Yameen's government was decisively defeated by opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in the elections held in the Maldives last month. -
Oct 15, 2018
Maldives judges to hear ex-president Abdulla Yameen's challenge to annul election results and call for fresh polls
Maldives judges on Sunday heard a petition by strongman president Abdulla Yameen to have his recent election defeat annulled, potentially triggering US sanctions and plunging the Indian Ocean archipelago into fresh turmoil. -
Oct 10, 2018
Defeated Maldives president Abdulla Yameen challenges election result; alleges corruption, malpractice
Abdulla Yameen, who has rolled back many of Maldives' democratic reforms, was decisively defeated by opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in the 23 September election and quickly conceded defeat. -
Oct 08, 2018
FATF team to meet Pakistan officials, examine steps taken by Islamabad against money laundering and terror financing
Pakistan was formally added to the 'grey list' of countries involved in providing monetary assistance to terrorism and related causes after a FATF meeting in Paris in June. -
Oct 05, 2018
Maldives Supreme Court bars reinstatement of dozen Opposition lawmakers as power tussle continues
Maldives has faced political upheaval since February, when Yameen imposed a state of emergency to annul a Supreme Court ruling that quashed convictions of nine opposition leaders. But he lost his re-election bid last month, and the opposition has been trying to reclaim political ground ever since. -
Oct 04, 2018
Will return to Maldives on 1 November 'come what may', says exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed
Nasheed was sentenced to 13 years prison in 2015 but went into exile a year later, after being granted prison leave for medical treatment in the UK. He is still a fugitive from justice in the Maldives and risks arrest if he returns while Yameen is still in office but his five years of iron-fisted rule ends on 17 November. -
Oct 01, 2018
Former Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom released on bail, raises hope for other political prisoners
Gayoom's daughter Dunya, a former foreign minister, welcomed the release and said she hoped the sentences of other dissidents, including another former leader, Mohamed Nasheed, would soon be withdrawn. "These are all politically-motivated convictions and I hope they too will be overturned soon, allowing... Nasheed to return home," Maumoon told AFP by telephone from Male as Gayoom returned home. -
Sep 29, 2018
Maldives election commission declares Ibrahim Mohamed Solih winner; police and military to uphold result
The Election Commission of Maldives on Saturday officially declared Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih winner of the country’s national election -
Sep 29, 2018
US backs India's bid for permanent UNSC seat, says both countries are 'global partners'
Donald Trump administration has reiterated its support for India's bid for a permanent seat in a reformed UN Security Council. -
Sep 27, 2018
Maldives' president-elect Mohamed Solih invites Narendra Modi to attend his swearing-in ceremony on 17 November
Mohamed Solih, the Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party's candidate, emerged victorious over incumbent President Abdulla Yameen.
