Sources: Aljazeera
Maldivian Minister of the Environment Fathima Shamnaz Ali Saleem and three others are arrested for allegedly performing black magic on President Mohamed Muizzu. 2024-06-28
Rajapaksa subsequently flees the country on a military aircraft to the Maldives, formally ending his rule of Sri Lanka. His brother, former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, also flees the country. 2022-07-12
Maldives reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a tourist that arrived in the country. 2021-12-5
The Maldives Food and Drug Authority approves the emergency use of the Pfizer–BioNTech and the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccines. 2021-03-15
India begins exporting the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan and Maldives. 2021-01-20
The Maldives leaves the Commonwealth of Nations after 34 years, claiming that it has been "unfairly and unjustly" treated by the intergovernmental organization. 2016-10-13
2012 Maldives Crisis: A Commonwealth-backed inquiry dismisses claims that a military coup forced former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed from power. 2012-08-30
Somali pirates hijack an Iranian-owned cargo ship with 23 crew in waters off the Maldives - the first hijacking in such territory. 2012-03-26
Maldives National Defence Force soldiers fire rubber bullets at police officers demonstrating in the capital Malé who are defying an order by President Mohamed Nasheed to crack down on protests. 2012-02-7