カテゴリー: Maldives
Spokesperson for Indian Ocean island nation says they will try to recover explorers in next couple of daysRescuers have located the bodies of four Italian divers deep inside an underwater cave in an atoll in the Maldives, four days after they were repo…
Mohamed Mahudhee suffered decompression sickness after searching for scuba divers in Vaavu Atoll and died in hospitalA Maldivian military diver has died during a high-risk operation to recover the bodies of four of the Italian scuba divers who drowned …
Reform UK leader flew to the Maldives for a day despite not having permit to visit nearby archipelagoNigel Farage has been accused of “performing Maga stunts” after claiming the British government stopped him from travelling to the Chagos Islands on a …
Indian Ocean archipelago bans anyone born after 1 January 2007 from buying or using tobacco in order to ‘promote a tobacco-free generation’The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban on anyone born after January 2007, becoming the only country with a…
Israel’s foreign ministry warns against travel to archipelago and calls for citizens there to consider leaving after president’s announcementSee all our Middle East coverageThe Maldives says it will ban Israelis from entering the country, known for its…
Voters back President Mohamed Muizzu’s tilt towards China and away from traditional ally IndiaMaldives voters have backed President Mohamed Muizzu’s tilt towards China and away from traditional benefactor India, with his party winning control of parlia…
Defence deal signed by islands’ pro-Beijing president has ignited a row with powerful neighbour and benefactorSince Mohamed Muizzu was elected president of the Maldives in September, a wave of anti-India sentiment has swept the country. This week, it w…
Maldivian envoy summoned and flights suspended after insults about Indian PM’s visit to Lakshadweep islandsA row has erupted between India and the Maldives after the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, visited the Indian islands of Lakshadweep to pro…
Runoff vote was widely seen as a referendum on whether to pursue closer ties with China or India, both vying for influence in the island nationPro-China candidate Mohamed Muizzu won Saturday’s presidential election in the Maldives, a result set to once…
Pro-Delhi incumbent Ibrahim Mohamed Solih faces uphill battle against Beijing-leaning frontrunner Mohamed Muizzu as contest remains on knife’s edgeThe Maldives started voting on Saturday to decide their next president, in an elections widely seen as a …
Pro-China presidential candidate Mohamed Muizzu accuses incumbent Mohamed Solih of allowing traditional benefactor India too much influence As the archipelago of the Maldives goes to an election run-off on Saturday, it will not just be two presidentia…
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Dispute over archipelago in Indian Ocean involves neighbouring Maldives and UK historical claimUnder a glaring sky, Mauritian survey teams set off in two tender boats to measure Blenheim Reef on Sunday morning.A line of breakers marked the outer line o…
Three of four suspects in explosion targeting Mohamed Nasheed in custody as he recovers in hospitalMaldives police have arrested a person believed to be the prime suspect in an explosion that critically wounded the country’s former president and was bl…
Police make two arrests in connection with explosion at Mohamed Nasheed’s family home in MaléThe former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed is conscious after life-saving surgery, his family said on Saturday, as police made two arrests in connection wit…