Hundreds of Maldivians protested on Sunday demanding the arrest of defeated President Abdulla Yameen as its top court began to hear a petition challenging the outcome of last's month election in the island nation.

Maldives opposition supporters protest as court reviews election challenge

Maldives judges on Sunday heard a petition by strongman president Abdulla Yameen to have his recent election defeat annulled, potentially triggering US sanctions and plunging the archipelago into fresh turmoil.

Maldives judges hear strongman Abdulla Yameen's election challenge

'Why this storm just before general elections?' MJ Akbar issues statement, moves for legal action Shortly after returning to India, Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar on Sunday released a detailed statement over sexual harassment allegations against him describing them as "false and fabricated.

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Dunya Maumoon, former foreign minister of the Maldives and the daughter of former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, was in Delhi recently. She was the first high-profile Maldivian politician to visit India since the recent election in that country.

Time to rebuild trust between our two countries: Ex-Maldives foreign minister to WION

The US will consider undertaking "appropriate measures" against anyone who undermines a peaceful transfer of power in the Maldives, a top State Department official has said, expressing concern over the "troubling actions" taken by outgoing president Abdullah Yameen.

Will take 'appropriate measures' if transfer of power in Maldives is undermined: US

Intimidation and threats drove four members of an election panel in the Maldives to flee the island nation, two officials said on Saturday, a day before its top court hears defeated president Abdulla Yameen's challenge to his election loss last month.

Four Maldives' election officials flee to Sri Lanka citing threats

A day after Maldives President Abdulla Yameen's party filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging his election defeat last month, the court has decided to hear the election challenge on Sunday.

Maldives court to hear election challenge on Sunday

China's foreign ministry said today that president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih will stay committed to enhancing ties with China and will "follow existing projects with the country".

Will continue to follow existing projects in Maldives, taken note of people opposing smooth cooperation: China

President Yameen's party challenges election results in Maldives Supreme Court Maldives President Abdulla Yameen's party today filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging his election defeat last month.

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen's party today filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging his election defeat last month. Watch: 'I accept defeat', says Yameen after losing Maldives election Yameen's U-turn comes after he conceded defeat to Ibrahim Mohamed Solih-led Opposition parties.

President Yameen's party challenges election results in Maldives Supreme Court

A Maldives opposition leader has returned home after being exiled in Germany for months to escape a prison sentence on charges of plotting to overthrow the government.

Maldives opposition leader returns from exile in Germany

The recent defeat of pro-China government in Maldives has added to the list of the nations who have developed an anti-China rhetoric in South Asia. Amid rising concerns that the country may fall into a debt trap, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, during the election campaign, had assured the people that his government would review Chinese investment.

Is South Asia losing faith in China? 

The president-elect of the Maldives has scored another victory by securing a majority in Parliament after the Elections Commission restored 12 lawmakers who were earlier deemed to have lost their seats.

Maldives president-elect Mohamed Solih gains control of Parliament

The outgoing strongman president of the Maldives, Abdulla Yameen, faced allegations Tuesday that he received nearly $1.5 million in illicit payments just before his surprise election defeat last month.

Maldives strongman leader Abdulla Yameen 'received $1.5 million': Report

Former Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Tuesday thanked prime minister Narendra Modi for his "strong support" and his telephone call. PM Modi phoned the former president days after his release from jail on bail.

PM Modi calls former Maldives president Gayoom days after his release on bail 

A week afterlosing the elctions, Maldives President Abdulla Yameen called for nationwide protests over alleged vote rigging until the Elecion Commission addresses the situation, reports said.

Maldives president calls for protests over alleged vote rigging

China wants to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with the Maldives, President Xi Jinping said in a congratulatory message to the newly elected Maldivian president, the leader of an opposition that has vowed to review Chinese projects.

China's Xi tells new Maldives president he wants to deepen cooperation

The Central government on Friday said that it is ready to accept suggestions from people protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act. The development comes after protesters across the country took to the streets against the new law which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

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Exploring alternative oil supplies to ensure 'our friend India's economy' not adversely affected: US With a tougher round of US sanctions on Iran coming into effect from November 4, a top Trump administration official said Washington recognises India's need for significant oil imports and is having conversations to ensure there are alternative supplies of the fuel "so that our friend India's economy is not adversely affected".

The Elections Commission of Maldives on Saturday officially declared opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih winner of the country's national election, defeating president Abdulla Yameen who had sought a delay in publication of the final results.

Maldives election body endorses opposition leader Solih's victory amid threats

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to the swearing-in ceremony of the Maldives' President-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in November, according to a Maldives media report Thursday.

Maldives' president-elect Solih invites Modi in swearing-in ceremony

The peaceful vote for change in the Maldives presidential elections is an affirmation of ordinary people in democratic processes and in upholding of dignity and rule of law, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) said on Wednesday.

Maldives result: People's affirmation to democracy, says CHRI

Maldives' president-elect Solih invites PM Modi in swearing-in ceremony

Police armed with pickaxes and power tools have destroyed a modern artwork by a celebrated British sculptor in the Maldives, after the outgoing president in the tourist haven declared the installation offensive to Islam.

Maldives destroys British statues deemed offensive to Islam

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Maldives' president-elect Solih invites PM Modi in swearing-in ceremony

Maldives destroys British statues deemed offensive to Islam