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In the Maldives, people born since 2007 are permanently banned from buying or using tobacco, making it the first country in the world to impose a lifelong smoking ban from a certain age.
2025-11-1

Police violently crack down on and arrest eight people during an overnight protest against government corruption in Malé in the Maldives.
2025-10-3

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

The Maldives announces a ban on Israeli passport holders from entering the country.
2024-06-2

Ten people are killed, nine of them Indians, and many others are injured after a fire occurs at a building housing migrant workers in Malé, Maldives.
2022-11-10

Maldivian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid is elected the 76th President of the United Nations General Assembly.
2021-06-7

The Maldives imposes a curfew from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m. and will only allow people to travel for a few hours each day to obtain essential supplies in order to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases.
2021-05-26

Maldives jails opposition leader Sheikh Imran Abdulla for terrorism. It is claimed that he urged the overthrow of the government in a speech.
2016-02-17

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

Nasheed later resigns on national television as the unrest spreads with the mutinying officers gaining control of state television.
2012-02-7