A criminal court in the Maldives has issued an arrest warrant for former president Mohamed Nasheed, who stepped down from power earlier this week but later insisted he had been ousted in a coup.

Security forces in the Maldives attacked supporters of ex-president Mohamed Nasheed, failed to protect them from counterdemonstrators and detained five members of parliament, Amnesty International said today.

Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has said he was forced from office in a coup and demanded that his successor immediately resign.

Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has resigned following weeks of public protests over his controversial order to arrest a senior judge.

FOR me the word “resort” immediately rings alarm bells — not my kind of holiday.

TO many people, an overwater bungalow or villa represents the epitome of romance and luxury, with the Maldives being the world’s ultimate overwater destination. Trailfinders has a huge choice of accommodation there, with many hotels currently offering free night offers.

A former political prisoner won the Maldives’ first democratic presidential election today, defeating long-time ruler President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and sending euphoric opposition supporters pouring into the streets.

The government of the Maldives is to discuss awarding a national honour to a 15-year-old boy scout who foiled an assassination attempt on the islands' president, an official said today.

A boy scout saved the president of the Maldives from assassination today when he grabbed an attacker's knife as he was about to strike.

The FBI have today been sent to investigate the Maldives bombing that that injured 12 foreign tourists.

A home-made bomb exploded today outside a crowded city park in the Maldives, wounding at least 12 tourists a government official said tonight.

A bomb exploded at the entrance to a recreation park in the Maldives, wounding at least 12 foreign tourists today, a government official said.

Thousands of people in the Maldives are voting today in a referendum being hailed as the tiny Indian Ocean nation’s first real expression of democracy.

The UN launched an “adopt an island” programme today to help tsunami victims rebuild their homes in the Maldives islands.

More than a week after it rose up and destroyed their homes, residents of the low-lying Maldives atoll of Kolhufushi are being forced to seek refuge on the sea.

A cargo of drinking water was today being flown from Britain to the Maldives.

The tidal waves that swept across the Indian Ocean did more than take a heavy toll of lives and property in the Maldives – they confronted the tiny island nation with a threat to its survival.

ONE of the largest earthquakes yet to strike the planet sent huge tidal waves tearing into countries across Asia.

The tsunami that swept across the Indian Ocean barely noticed the Maldives, tearing through the collection of low-lying atolls – submerging some of them completely for several minutes – dragging tourists from their hotel rooms and swimmers out to sea.

MASSIVE waves triggered by earthquakes crashed into villages along a wide stretch of Sri Lankan coast yesterday, killing more than 4,500 people and displacing a million others, the prime minister's office said.

Massive waves triggered by earthquakes crashed into villages along a wide stretch of Sri Lankan coast today, killing more than 2,100 people and displacing a million others, the prime minister’s office said.

The Maldives, stung by criticism of a degrading human rights record, assured the EU today that it was taking steps to lift a state of emergency and to introduce democratic reforms.

Britain has criticised a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Maldives, but the island country’s government justified the action by saying the demonstrators were trying to topple president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s regime.

The Maldives government declared a state of emergency today after security officials used tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters who rallied in a rare show of dissent.

At least 17 people drowned and more than 50 were missing after an overcrowded ferry capsized in the Maldives, officials said today.

A man who tried to hijack an Air Seychelles plane flying from the Indian city of Bombay to the Maldives was overpowered by the cabin crew, officials said.