Former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has been sentenced to five years in prison for money laundering. The charges focused on a payment of $1m (£770,000) by a private company that was supposed ...

A court in the Maldives has overturned former president Abdulla Yameen's conviction and cancelled his 11-year prison sentence, just two days before the parliamentary elections. Mr Yameen ...

Opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has won the Maldives' presidential election in a surprise defeat of President Abdulla Yameen. He took 134,616 votes to beat Mr Yameen, who received ...

MALE: The president of the Maldives was unhurt but his wife and ... by several journalists who were waiting to meet President Abdulla Yameen on his return from the Haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.

When it comes to India, a stark contrast emerges when comparing Abdulla Yameen’s current campaign rhetoric with his previous actions as president. As Maldives looks to parliamentary and ...

With Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen declaring a state of emergency ... on Monday cautioned citizens against travelling to the Maldives. "The prevailing political developments in Maldives ...

In a surprise election victory, Maldives opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih defeated President Abdulla Yameen, who aligned the archipelago with China and cracked down on dissent.

Asserting that Maldives has nothing against GMR, newly-elected Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen said his administration was committed to resolve the dispute with the Indian firm amicably.

When it comes to India, a stark contrast emerges when comparing Abdulla Yameen’s current campaign rhetoric with his previous actions as president. As Maldives looks to parliamentary and ...

Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the candidate put forth against the incumbent leader Abdulla Yameen, defeated his opponent by 134,616 votes to the latter’s 96,132, as per data from Maldives’ foreign ...

[AFP] Voting got under way in the Maldives Sunday in a parliamentary ... poll as a proxy for pro-China ex-president Abdulla Yameen, freed last week after a court set aside his 11-year jail term ...