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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…
Read MoreMaldivian 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…
Read MoreRunoff 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…
Read MorePro-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 …
Read MorePro-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…
Read MorePassionate about literature, adventurous, outgoing, creative and happy to stay shoeless? Kunfunadhoo has the perfect jobWhite sands, blue skies… and lots of books. Applications have opened for what might just be the best job in the world: running a b…
Read MoreDispute 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…
Read MoreThree 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…
Read MorePolice 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…
Read MorePolice treating attack in capital Male that wounded four others including British national as act of terrorismThe former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has been left in a critical condition following an assassination attempt that also wounded four …
Read MoreInvestigation underway after what foreign minister describes as ‘cowardly attack’ on Mohamed Nasheed Mohamed Nasheed, who was the first democratically elected president of the Maldives and current parliamentary speaker, was recovering in hospital on Fr…
Read MoreSpeaker of parliament voices concern after police detained her for two hours for being ‘inappropriately’ dressed and unruly The speaker of the Maldives parliament has apologised to a British tourist after footage of her arrest by several policemen trig…
Read MorePolice confirm three foreigners attacked by ‘suspected extremists’ but say their injuries are not seriousThree people including an Australian man have been stabbed in the Maldives in an attack claimed by Islamic State sympathisers.Police in the South A…
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