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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

Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is flown to Germany for further medical treatment after being seriously injured alongside three other people during an assassination attempt in Malé with a car bomb a week ago. Maldives authorities blame Islamic extremists, amongst whom Nasheed was considered unpopular.
2021-05-13

Former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed and four other people are injured in a bomb blast in the capital Malé.
2021-05-6

The MT "New Diamond" is towed out of sea off the coast of Sri Lanka amid major fears of a massive oil spill after the ship caught fire yesterday, killing one Filipino crewman. The Panamanian-registered ship carries about 270,000 tonnes of crude oil. The government of the Maldives has expressed worry, with a presidential minister saying that the country needs to take all precautions to prevent oil from reaching its shores.
2020-09-4

The Maldives report its first two confirmed cases of COVID-19.
2020-03-7

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

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

Former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed takes refuge in the Indian embassy in the city of Malé, Maldives saying that his trial for political abuse and corruption is a "politically motivated sham".
2013-02-13

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

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