Maldivian Police

Maldives police have arrested two serving ministers for allegedly performing black magic on President Mohamed Muizzu, local media reported on Thursday.

An Indian worker died after he collapsed during maintenance work on a major bridge in the Maldivian capital, police said Tuesday, the second worksite accident in the country involving an Indian national since May.

Maldivian police raided the opposition campaign headquarters on Saturday, the opposition said, on the eve of Sunday's presidential election that international monitors fear will be rigged.

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen declared a 15-day state of Emergency in Maldives on Monday following a deepening political crisis where the President refused to comply with a Supreme Court order to release political prisoners. This Emergency gives sweeping powers to security forces to arrest and detain suspects. As the news of Emergency spread, ...

Police in the Maldives today raided a private television station in connection with a YouTube video that allegedly threatened President Abdulla Yameen, the network's managing director said.

Maldivian police have arrested a man for attacking the car of Indian High Commissioner Rajeev Shahare, officials said today.

One Presidential election annulled, another poll date put off, elections given the go-ahead four hours before booths were to open and then the polls cancelled - that's an overview of the last 42 days of Maldivian political history.

Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed was freed on Wednesday after his overnight detention sparked anti-government protests that led to the arrest of over 80 opposition activists, police said.

Maldivian police arrested four opposition figures, including two lawmakers, on charges of consuming alcohol, which is illegal in the country for locals, the main opposition said on Friday.

Maldivian police on Monday arrested the country's first democratically-elected president Mohamed Nasheed after he again failed to turn up for the start of a trial for abuse of power, his party said.

An unidentified attacker stabbed and killed a Maldivian ruling party legislator on Tuesday in the first assassination of a lawmaker in the Indian Ocean archipelago, police said.

Sources say new chief of police and army have been appointed. Brigadier Ahmed Shiyam, who was chief of the Male Command, has been made the new Chief of Maldivian National Defence Forces .

Maldives police have arrested two serving ministers for allegedly performing black magic on President Mohamed Muizzu, local media reported on Thursday.

An Indian worker died after he collapsed during maintenance work on a major bridge in the Maldivian capital, police said Tuesday, the second worksite accident in the country involving an Indian national since May.

Maldivian police raided the opposition campaign headquarters on Saturday, the opposition said, on the eve of Sunday's presidential election that international monitors fear will be rigged.

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen declared a 15-day state of Emergency in Maldives on Monday following a deepening political crisis where the President refused to comply with a Supreme Court order to release political prisoners. This Emergency gives sweeping powers to security forces to arrest and detain suspects. As the news of Emergency spread, ...

Police in the Maldives today raided a private television station in connection with a YouTube video that allegedly threatened President Abdulla Yameen, the network's managing director said.

Maldivian police have arrested a man for attacking the car of Indian High Commissioner Rajeev Shahare, officials said today.

One Presidential election annulled, another poll date put off, elections given the go-ahead four hours before booths were to open and then the polls cancelled - that's an overview of the last 42 days of Maldivian political history.

Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed was freed on Wednesday after his overnight detention sparked anti-government protests that led to the arrest of over 80 opposition activists, police said.

Maldivian police arrested four opposition figures, including two lawmakers, on charges of consuming alcohol, which is illegal in the country for locals, the main opposition said on Friday.

Maldivian police on Monday arrested the country's first democratically-elected president Mohamed Nasheed after he again failed to turn up for the start of a trial for abuse of power, his party said.

An unidentified attacker stabbed and killed a Maldivian ruling party legislator on Tuesday in the first assassination of a lawmaker in the Indian Ocean archipelago, police said.

Sources say new chief of police and army have been appointed. Brigadier Ahmed Shiyam, who was chief of the Male Command, has been made the new Chief of Maldivian National Defence Forces .