Indian Prime Minister extends invitation to President Yameen

MALE: The new leader of the Maldives has appointed the daughter of former strongman Maumoon Abdul Gayoom as foreign minister, an official said yesterday, underscoring the family's renewed influence in the country. President Abdulla Yameen, ...

President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has finished appointing cabinet of the coalition government of the Progressive Party of Maldives and partners. President appointed Uz Mohamed Anil as the Attorney General. The appointment ceremony was held ...

MALI, November 15 (Xinhua) -- Former Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Friday called on the Maldives to withdraw from the Commonwealth following what he termed the group's interference with the Maldives' internal affairs and their work ...

Abdulla Yaameen, half-brother of former Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom who ruled the country for about three decades will be the new President of the archipelago nation. He won the run-off round of election narrowly, by polling about ...

Parliamentary approval for President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom's 15 ministers will be scheduled for December 29, People's Majlis Speaker Abdulla Shahid has said. Shahid appealed to the Majlis Government Oversight committee to conclude its report ...

At a courtesy call on President Yameen Abdul Gayoom, Chinese Ambassador to the Maldives, Yu Hongyao communicated that the Chinese government desire to provide 50 million Yuan in grant aid to the Government of Maldives for the implementation of ...

itical crisis in Maldives over the presidential run-off ends with the surprise victory of a close relative of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and the shock defeat of Mohamed Nasheed, writes R.K. Radhakrishnan for India's Frontline magazine. Change, ...

NEW DELHI: Heaving a sigh of relief, India welcomed Maldives' new president, Abdulla Yameen or Yameen Abdul Gayoom, after an unexpected second run-off victory on Saturday confirmed his victory over former president Nasheed. Congratulating Yameen, ...

Yaamin Abdul Gayoom takes his oath as the President of Maldives during a swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Male on Nov. 17, 2013. /Reuters The Maldives has inaugurated a new president, a day after his surprise victory, which ended nearly two ...