Sources: Hindustan Times
The Maldives announces a ban on Israeli passport holders from entering the country. 2024-06-2
The China Manned Space Engineering Office says that remnants of the Chinese Long March-5B Y2 rocket made an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere into the Indian Ocean, just west of the Maldives. 2021-05-9
Police forcibly break up a protest in Malé, Maldives, with tear gas and pepper spray and detain multiple journalists. The demonstration was against government moves to introduce a new law to criminalize defamation. 2016-04-3
Voters in the Maldives go to the polls for a presidential election with Abdulla Yameen winning the election with 51.3% of the vote. 2013-11-16
A member of the People’s Majlis, the parliament of the Maldives, is found stabbed to death near his home. 2012-10-2
Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives, fails to appear in court and departs on tour for his party. Vice-president Mohammed Waheed Deen, opening an academic conference in Malé, says a nation can achieve democracy by the teachers imparting the relevant information. 2012-10-1
2012 Maldives Crisis: A Commonwealth-backed inquiry dismisses claims that a military coup forced former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed from power. 2012-08-30
Demonstrations occur against Maldivian President Mohammed Waheed Hassan, accused of taking power in a coup, as he attempts to open parliament for the second time this month. 2012-03-19
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