After a deal negotiated with the help of the Indian foreign secretary, a vote could take place in a few months to resolve the political crisis. […]

Six men damaged Buddhist figures they believed were idols, officials said as worry increases that extremists are gaining a foothold in the Sunni Muslim nation. […]

For most of the last three decades, the country’s autocratic ruler pursued policies that kept many Maldivians poor while extending a warm welcome to well-heeled foreign tourists. That is changing. […]

Maldivian government issues warrant for the arrest of Mohamed Nasheed, nation's first democratically elected president, saying his departure came in a coup; warrant, along with invitation to members of the business elite and representatives of the former dictatorship to join the cabinet, raises fears among many that the progress of the Maldives toward d […]

Mohammed Waheed Hassan said he would support an independent investigation into the political turmoil that led to the resignation of his predecessor. […]

The former Maldives president, Mohamed Nasheed, repeated charges on Friday that he was forced from power and called for early elections to be held. […]

Mohamed Nasheed, former president of the Maldives, faces criminal charges and possible arrest after his unexpected resignation plunges the nation into violent protests and political turmoil; in televised interview, he claims that security officers have forced him to resign and that the new government is already backtracking on democracy. […]

The filmmaker Jon Shenk presents a portrait of Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically-elected president of the Maldives and an environmental activist, who was deposed on Feb. 7. […]

Police and protesters faced off in the capital, Male, and the island nation’s former president said he was forced at gunpoint to resign this week. […]

President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives resigned on Tuesday amid rising protests in the capital over his recent arrest of a criminal court judge. […]