Maldives lifts state of emergency with dissidents locked up

Political crisis continues to deepen in the Maldives after President Abdulla Yameen declared an emergency in a desperate bid to cling on to power and stifle the Opposition has top judges in jail. The developments pose a fresh challenge for the Indian foreign ...

The decision by Maldives is seen as an apparent snub to New Delhi which was critical of the Abdulla Yameen government for imposing emergency in the island nation earlier this year.

The United States today urged President Abdulla Yameen to lift the state of emergency in the Maldives and restore the rule of law. "We continue to call on President Yameen to end the state of emergency, uphold the rule of law, permit the full and proper ...

[Maldives], Feb.28 (ANI): Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has alleged that President Abdulla Yameen went against the sanctions imposed by the United Nations and allowed the ships to transfer cargo to North Korean ships on the high seas. Nasheed took ...

A day after President Abdulla Yameens government in the Maldives ignored Indias call and extended the State of Emergency in the island nation, New Delhi expressed its dismay on the same. New Delhi on Wednesday said that it was "deeply dismayed" by the ...

The US today expressed disappointment over the Maldivian government extending the state of emergency by another 30 days and asked President Abdulla Yameen to uphold the rule of law in the troubled Indian Ocean island nation.

The Maldivian Embassy here on Thursday denied that its President Abdulla Yameen had sent special envoys to "friendly" China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and not to India to explain the political crisis in his country."A section of the Indian media has brought ...

The government of the Maldives will resist any attempt by the Supreme Court to impeach President Abdulla Yameen for disobeying its order last week to release jailed opposition leaders, the attorney general said on Sunday.

Maldives police arrested 25 people under a state of emergency, opposition legislators said on Saturday, after thousands of protesters gathered a day earlier to call for the detention of the president and release of opposition leaders.