Former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering. The charges focused on a payment of $1m (£770,000) by a private company that was supposed ...

Opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has won the Maldives' presidential election in a surprise defeat of President Abdulla Yameen. He took 134,616 votes to beat Mr Yameen, who received ...

led by former Maldivian president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom and his protégé, current president Muizzu. For years, these people said, India played a role in choosing the MDP’s leaders and its ...

The row that was sparked by tourism comments on social media has escalated with Male telling New Delhi to withdraw its troops ...

M ohamed Nasheed, exiled former President of the Maldives, on Saturday urged India to employ “gunboat diplomacy” to put ...

Political shifts in the Maldives have influenced the dynamics of bilateral relations in recent years. During the presidency ...

It was the latest dramatic attempt by President Abdulla Yameen to maintain his grip on power, and the latest twist in a tale of tropical intrigue worthy of a thriller. The story is certainly set ...

Under Abdulla Yameen, who was president from 2013 to 2018, the Maldives moved closer to China and joined President Xi Jinping's grand Belt and Road Initiative - to build road, rail and sea links ...