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A file photo shows foreign minister Dhunya Maumoon at a press conference. MIHAARU PHOTO

Diplomacy • Politics • Society & Culture

Ex-top diplomat urges extra vigilance against terrorism

September 7, 2017

The delegates taking part in the Seventieth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia, 2017. PHOTO / HEALTH MINISTRY

Diplomacy • Politics

Maldives hosts WHO regional meeting amidst...

September 7, 2017

Himmafushi water plant manager arrested over expat’s...

September 6, 2017

Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) in capital Male.

Maldives appoints locals to top posts of financial...

September 6, 2017

Malaysis arrests

Two Maldivians arrested from Malaysian terror ring

September 6, 2017

Thinadhoo South MP Abdulla Ahmed speaks at press conference. FILE PHOTO/MIHAARU

Maldives electoral watchdog unseats another lawmaker

September 6, 2017

Legal • Politics

Jumhoory Party leader “too ill” to be shifted to house...

September 5, 2017

Some lawmakers of the ruling coalition pictured on parliament premises. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU

Parliament tackled only three bills in second term:...

September 5, 2017

Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, who tried to cross the Naf river into Bangladesh to escape sectarian violence, are kept under watch by Bangladeshi security officials in Teknaf on December 25, 2016. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have intercepted 34 boats carrying some 340 Rohingyas at border points near Cox's Bazar. / AFP PHOTO / STR

Maldives severes economics ties with Myanmar

September 4, 2017