Call for Maldives president's resignation

The former president of the Maldives has taken refuge for a second day in the country's Indian embassy, and his party spokesperson says he will not leave the building until the current leader resigns.

• Maldives democracy 'honeymoon' near end
• Maldives' 1st elected president on trial
• Maldives police arrest ex-president

Treat raped girl as a victim - Maldives

The Maldives government urged leniency Tuesday for a teenager who could face public flogging for having pre-marital sex, saying she had been traumatised by earlier repeated rapes by her stepfather.

• Teen faces lashing for pre-marital sex
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Maldives police arrest ex-president

Armed Maldivian police have arrested the country's first democratically elected president after he ignored orders to stand trial for allegedly abusing his power while in office, his party says.

• Maldives' 1st elected president on trial
• Fall of Maldives president not a 'coup'
• Maldives 'committed' to all-party talks

Maldives' ex-president a no-show

Maldives' ex-president Mohamed Nasheed has failed to appear for a court hearing and has defied the court's order by leaving the capital in a fishing boat to another island.

• Maldives' 1st elected president on trial

Teen faces lashing for pre-marital sex

A court in the Maldives has ordered a public flogging for a 16-year-old girl who confessed to having pre-marital sex, defying pressure to drop corporal punishment of women, say officials.

• Pre-marital sex 'end of church'
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Maldives leader opens parly amid protests

The new president of the Maldives has addressed lawmakers and opened parliament amid vehement protests by the opposition, nearly six weeks after he took office.

• Maldives 'committed' to all-party talks
• Maldives could hold early poll: President
• Maldives ex-leader welcomes early polls

Maldives could hold early poll: President

The Maldives' new leader says a presidential election could be held before the scheduled date provided conditions are right for a free and peaceful poll.

• Maldives: Nasheed rejects police summons
• Gillard takeover likened to Maldives 'coup'
• Maldives welcomes Commonwealth coup probe

SA: New president must stabilise Maldives

South Africa has expressed the hope that the newly-appointed Maldives president Mohamed Waheed Hassan would bring peace and stability to the island nation.

• Commonwealth ministers to check Malidives
• Maldives ex-ruler hails new government

Maldives welcomes Commonwealth coup probe

The new Maldivian President has welcomed a Commonwealth mission to investigate the ousting of his predecessor as fresh clashes break out in the streets of the restive capital Male.

• Commonwealth ministers to check Malidives
• Maldives ex-president urges fresh polls
• Maldives ex-president to be arrested

Maldives ex-ruler hails new government

The Maldives' former strongman ruler Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has hailed the island nation's new government as legitimate and denied charges he was involved in engineering a coup.

• Maldives ex-president urges fresh polls
• Call for Maldives president's detention
• Maldives ex-president's travel ban revoked

Maldives ex-president to be arrested

A judge has issued an arrest warrant for the ex-president of the Maldives, who says he was forced from office in a coup, as troops deployed to restore order in the violence-wracked holiday paradise.

• 'Arrest warrant' for Maldives ex-president
• Maldives ex-leaders' allies riot
• Group decries attacks by Maldives police

Group decries attacks by Maldives police

Amnesty International says security forces in the Maldives have attacked supporters of ex-president Mohamed Nasheed and detained five members of parliament.

• Maldives ex-leaders' allies riot
• Maldives ex-president's travel ban revoked
• Maldives: Travel ban on Nasheed officials

Mob 'smashes' statues in Maldives museum

Police say a mob has stormed the Maldives national museum and smashed Buddhist statues, an act of vandalism which former president Mohamed Nasheed is blaming on Islamic radicals.

• Maldives ex-president's travel ban revoked
• Call for Maldives president's detention
• Maldives trouble 'invisible' to tourists

Maldives: Travel ban on Nasheed officials

The Maldives have installed a new president after Mohamed Nasheed resigned, apparently under military pressure, while a travel on members of his administration has been confirmed.

• Maldives trouble 'invisible' to tourists
• Maldives president resigns after mutiny
• Call for Maldives president's detention

Maldives trouble 'invisible' to tourists

Tourism continues following Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed's resignation after three weeks of protests in the Indian Ocean archipelago boiled over into a police mutiny.

• Maldives president resigns after mutiny

Maldives lifts ban on luxury resort spas

A ban on luxury spas at hotels and massage parlours in the Maldives has been lifted under pressure from the country's key tourism industry a week after it was imposed.

• Maldives spa ban after prostitute protest
• Maldives honeymooners abused
• Maldives: Public caning for sex assault

Honeymooners die in Maldives

Two British honeymooners have died in the tourist paradise of the Maldives, local police have said.

• Maldives cops break up riot
• Somali pirates seize Malaysian ship
• World Cup terror suspect released

World Cup terror suspect released

Maldives police say they have released a man suspected of plotting an attack on the cricket World Cup taking place in South Asia.

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• Terror attacks: Somalia most at risk
• Mauritania foils terror attack

Maldives honeymooners abused

The president of the Maldives says a married couple, who had been subjected to verbal abuse in the local language during a supposedly idyllic beach ceremony, have asked him to protect their privacy.

• Protests: Maldives tourists warned
• Radicals arrested in Maldives

Protests: Maldives tourists warned

The US and Britain have issued warnings to their citizens travelling to the Maldives capital, where a deepening political crisis has led to violent protests.