Viral World News, Gossip, Entertainment, Technology, Business And Politics
Viral Breaking News on Politics, Entertainment, World News, Middle East, US News, UK News, Asian News, European News, African News, Latin American & General News.
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen (Photo by Reuters) Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Thursday lifted a 45-day state of emergency which had outlawed protests amid political upheaval on the Muslim-majority Indian Ocean island chain. Yameen imposed the emergency on Feb. 5 for 15 days after a Supreme Court ruling quashed convictions against nine opposition leaders and […]
Continue Reading
Maldives security forces guard the Supreme Court in the capital of Male after President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency, on February 5, 2018. (Photo by AFP) The Maldives’ President Abdulla Yameen has declared a state of emergency, and security forces have arrested a top Supreme Court judge, heightening recent political tensions in the […]
Continue Reading
This handout image, released on February 2, 2018, shows the supporters of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) celebrating a Supreme Court ruling. (Via AFP) Tensions ran high in the Maldives on Friday after a shock Supreme Court decision to clear an exiled former president and eight other convicted political dissidents triggered overnight clashes […]
Continue ReadingDefiant politicians fought off riot police to enter the parliament compound in Maldives’ capital Male on July 24, 2017. (Photo by Al Jazeera) Maldivian troops blockaded parliament and clashed with opposition leaders for a second day, witnesses said Tuesday, as political turmoil escalated in the troubled honeymoon islands.The latest turbulence came as the United Kingdom […]
Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud attends a banquet hosted by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (not shown in the picture) at Abe’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on March 13, 2017. (Photo by AFP) King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia has canceled a planned visit to the atoll nation of […]
Continue Reading
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (center, L) is driven by Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo in a golf cart in the presidential palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 2, 2017, as part of the Saudi leader’s rare tour of six Asian countries, which will end in the island country of Maldives. (Photo by AFP) […]
Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Members of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) have warned of the serious consequences of Saudi Arabia’s plan to gain full control of an entire atoll in the South Asian island country. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will pay a rare visit this month to […]
Continue Reading
In this photograph taken on January 25, 2016, the former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, speaks during a press conference in London. (AFP) A court in the Maldives has issued an arrest warrant for former president, Mohammad Nasheed, as officials seek to bring him back to the country where he is supposed to complete […]
Continue Reading
Malaysia will send a team to the Maldives to determine whether debris reportedly found there is further wreckage from Flight MH370, the transport minister said. Liow Tiong Lai said Malaysia had been “officially notified” by authorities in the Maldives of objects found there, whose origin remains unverified. “We will be dispatching a team to the […]
Continue Reading
Maldives (formerly Maldive Islands), island republic in southern Asia, located in the northern Indian Ocean, southwest of the southern tip of India. Maldives is made up of a chain of 1,190 small coral islands that are grouped into clusters of atolls. It has a total area of 298 sq km (115 sq mi). The capital and largest city […]
Continue Reading