Picturesque Maldives is turning into another Pakistan where the military plays a dominant role, country's former National Security Advisor during ousted president Mohamed Nasheed's regime claimed on M

Ousted Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed on Sunday rejected a US call to compromise and dismissed proposals for a unity government to end political unrest in the Indian Ocean nation.

Nasheed, who in

An uneasy calm prevailed on Saturday on the streets of the Maldivian capital following days of protests and clashes in the wake of the resignation of the country's first democratically-elected Preside

Indians, who constitute a significant chunk of the total population of over three lakh in Maldives, are safe in the country, where as unrest erupted following a regime change four days ago.

There are

With the Maldives slipping into a deeper crisis with defiant ousted president Mohamed Nasheed alleging a coup, a team of senior officials of the external affairs ministry on Friday left for Male to as

The ousted president of the Maldives was walking free on Friday despite an arrest warrant against him as diplomats including a UN envoy worked to forestall renewed violence in the Indian Ocean archipe

With the crisis in the Maldives deepening as defiant former President Mohamed Nasheed alleged a coup, India has stepped up its outreach to all key political interlocutors in the archipelago nation to push a political deal that spurs the process of forming a broad-based national government of unity.

A criminal court in the Maldives has issued an arrest order for former president Mohamed Nasheed and his former defence minister, party officials told AFP on Thursday.

"The court has given the order

India 'should be worried' over the quick-paced developments in the Maldives that saw the president quit and violence spread across the country, said an expert here.

"Definitely, India should be worri

The ousted president of the Maldives, credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean islands, said on Wednesday he had been forced out of power at gunpoint, prompting clashes between police and