Maldives: Nasheed's party declines Prez offer to join govt

Making it clear that the elections would be held as per schedule in 2013, Maldives' new President Mohammed Waheed Hassan has asked ousted leader Mohammad Nasheed'sMaldivian Democratic Party to join......

Protests in Male after Nasheed's defiant speech

The Maldivian Democratic Party has claimed that Mohammad Nasheed was forced to resign as president by the military, which threatened a bloodbath in the capital if he did not step down. B Raman......

Nasheed rejects police summons; Mathai in Maldives

With the political crisis in Maldives persisting, ousted president Mohammad Nasheed rejected a police summons to record his statement on his controversial order to arrest a key judge, even as......

Pic: A cabinet meeting at the bottom of the sea

Maldivian cabinet on Saturday met at the bottom of the sea, marking the first ever such meeting to be held underwater, which framed an SOS to global leaders to save their atoll nation from being......