Mohamed Nasheed Supporters

Supporters of jailed former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed held an underwater protest on Saturday to push for the release of the tropical archipelago's first democratically elected leader, after he was sentenced to 13 years in prison last month.

Maldives police forced a halt to a presidential election on Saturday, in what the leading candidate's supporters said was a new coup as he called on them to block the streets in protest.

The former head of the Maldives criticized the United States on Friday for recognizing the Indian Ocean nation's new government, which he says came to power in a coup. The Maldives has faced one day of rioting and two days more of a political standoff since Mohamed Nasheed announced on Tuesday that he was resigning as president, following months of...

A Maldives court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for former President Mohamed Nasheed, one day after his supporters rampaged in the capital and his claim of being ousted by a coup left unclear the stability of the fledging Indian Ocean democracy. Police spokesman Abdul Mannan Yusuf refused to disclose the grounds for the criminal court's warra...

The criminal court of Maldives has ordered the arrest of former President Mohamed Nasheed after his supporters rioted through the streets of the capital and seized some remote police stations today to demand his reinstatement, as the country's new leader appealed for an end to the political turmoil roiling this Indian Ocean island nation. At least ...

Supporters of jailed former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed held an underwater protest on Saturday to push for the release of the tropical archipelago's first democratically elected leader, after he was sentenced to 13 years in prison last month.

Maldives police forced a halt to a presidential election on Saturday, in what the leading candidate's supporters said was a new coup as he called on them to block the streets in protest.

The former head of the Maldives criticized the United States on Friday for recognizing the Indian Ocean nation's new government, which he says came to power in a coup. The Maldives has faced one day of rioting and two days more of a political standoff since Mohamed Nasheed announced on Tuesday that he was resigning as president, following months of...

A Maldives court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for former President Mohamed Nasheed, one day after his supporters rampaged in the capital and his claim of being ousted by a coup left unclear the stability of the fledging Indian Ocean democracy. Police spokesman Abdul Mannan Yusuf refused to disclose the grounds for the criminal court's warra...

The criminal court of Maldives has ordered the arrest of former President Mohamed Nasheed after his supporters rioted through the streets of the capital and seized some remote police stations today to demand his reinstatement, as the country's new leader appealed for an end to the political turmoil roiling this Indian Ocean island nation. At least ...