COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- The former president of the Maldives was arrested Tuesday on charges of abuse of power during his tenure, setting off violent pr...
The Maldivian government said Thursday it would seek to overturn a court decision to publicly flog a 15-year-old rape victim convicted of having prema...
A 15-year-old Maldives girl who was allegedly raped by her stepfather has been sentenced to 100 lashes for engaging in premarital sex, but prosecutors...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The former president of the Maldives said Wednesday he has taken refuge at the Indian Embassy after a court ordered his arr...
A new study conducted at Imperial College London used a collection of tourist snapshots to identify migratory sharks in the Maldives using the fingerp...
by Arch Puddington and Jennifer Dunham *Arch Puddington is vice president for research at Freedom House, and Jennifer Dunham is the research a...
A 15-year-old in the Maldives whose father is accused of repeatedly raping her and killing the resulting baby risks being flogged for "fornication" wi...
What if, back in 2009, Obama had followed in President Kennedy's footsteps and made a moonshot speech about the climate, pledging to make the US the world's first carbon-neutral country within ten years? What if he did that right now?
Three magistrates will decide if I am guilty -- they have been specifically selected by a judicial committee, on which sits the chief financier of the coup.
Climate change is real. Slowly, journalists are starting to acknowledge this -- without attribution and without apology. And I hope Sandy serves as a tipping point in the way the mainstream media reports on the link between extreme weather events and climate change.
MALE, MALDIVES — Maldives' ex-president Mohamed Nasheed did not appear for a court hearing on Monday to face charges that he illegally ordered ...
The man who takes over from the democratically elected leader should not wear military fatigues, as Commodore Frank Bainimarama did in Fiji; instead wear a lounge suit, as former Vice President Waheed Hassan did in the Maldives.
Most people think of the Maldives as a high-end tourist destination. But the country has a high rate of heroin addiction. Salafist Islam is on the rise. And its deficit is unsustainable. Add to this a stalled political reform, and you have a volatile mix.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A domestic inquiry commission in the Maldives has concluded that former President Mohamed Nasheed's resignation earlier thi...
The growth of India's clean energy sector does more than keep the lights on: It is a crucial ray of hope in the fight against climate change.
In just 23 days, you can circumnavigate the world on a privately chartered jet. Check off most of your bucket list in one fell swoop.
I face prison again. But I fear that the consequences for democracy in the Maldives will be worse than for me personally.
Going carbon-free is not only impossible for the Maldives, but it would severely penalize the country's main industry: tourism, which would, needless to say, cause the Maldives to slip into dangerous financial waters.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The former president of the Maldives has been formally charged with illegally ordering the arrest of a senior judge, the m...
Mohamed Nasheed, former president of the Maldives, has some words of climate change warning for the United States: "You can't pick and choose on scien...
Who pays for the increasing weather-related disasters? Where do we move if we are left with no choice but to leave our homes? Why does climate change deal its toughest blows to those that contribute to it the least?
If you are the leader of a small island state -- like the Maldives -- and every day you are faced with the threats posed by global warming what would you do?
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Maldives is going underwater. Literally. Due to rising sea levels, studies suggest that the country, a chain of nearly 1,200 islands, could be unin...
NEW YORK -- An island paradise known foremost for its picturesque beaches and tourism industry captured international headlines last February when the...
