Maldives News

Maldives: Court finds former president guilty of corruption, awards 11 years in prison

Yameen abused his position and took one million USD from a private company to facilitate the sale of Aarah for resort development. He allegedly accepted a bribe of USD 1 million from former MP Yoosuf Naeem

Maldives crisis: Ex-president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, SC fight back using social media

As security forces surrounded his home shortly after a state of Emergency had been declared in the Maldives, 80-year-old ex-president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom deftly hit social media to tell the world of his impending arrest.

Maldives crisis updates: Experts rule out 'Operation Cactus'-like Indian intervention amid country's political crisis

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen declared a 15-day state of emergency in the honeymoon islands, before heavily armed troops stormed the country's top court and a former president was arrested in a deepening political crisis.