File photo of officials counting votes in Maldives. Male, Maldives: Former President Mohammed Nasheed with nearly 48.5 per cent of votes was trailing his rival Abdullah Yameen with 51.5 per cent of ...

Nasheed is one of the leaders of the Maldivian Democratic Party which recently won the elections, overthrowing the government of Abdullah Yameen. Beijing is extremely worried about the change of guard ...

The Maldives on Sunday backtracked on an unconditional agreement to allow jailed former leader Mohamed Nasheed > to travel to Britain for surgery, his lawyers said. On Saturday, the government granted ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Maldives on Sunday backtracked on an unconditional agreement to allow jailed former leader Mohamed Nasheed to travel to Britain for surgery, his lawyers said. On Saturday, the ...

Abdullah Yaamin, a conservative candidate related to former autocratic ruler Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, is the new president of the Maldives. The development brings to an end the looming political ...

Male: The former Maldivian minister of foreign affairs, Abdullah Shahid was appointed as the president of the country’s largest opposition party, the Maldivian Democratic Party on Tuesday. This comes ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Maldives on Sunday backtracked on an unconditional agreement to allow jailed former leader Mohamed Nasheed to travel to Britain for surgery, his lawyers said. On Saturday, the ...