Maldives

Where to stay, what to eat and what to do in the Maldives. Here are our top five lists

The 50-year-old former president said the increased Chinese presence could threaten the Muslim-majority nation of 340 000

Rubbish piles up on Thilafushi Island, a half hour boat trip from Male, the capital of the Maldives.

The gentle, plankton-eating giants seem reluctant to mate in water lacking the nutrients needed to support life.

New Maldives president Mohamed Waheed has welcomed a Commonwealth mission to investigate the ousting of his predecessor after overnight clashes.

There are fears of renewed street violence after political turmoil since the Maldives’s former president Mohamed Nasheed was forced out of office.

Rioting broke out in the Maldives after Mohamed Nasheed said he was forced to give up his office at gunpoint, raising fears of a power struggle.

President Mohamed Nasheed has resigned after protests erupted into a police mutiny, leaving him accused of being as dictatorial as his predecessor.

Mutinying police in the Maldives have taken over the state broadcaster and called for people to come to the streets to boot President Mohamed Nasheed.

Tourism officials in the Maldives have denied that health spas at luxury holiday resorts operate as brothels after the facilities were shut down.

Maldives government ministers are taking scuba lessons in preparation for an unprecedented Cabinet meeting at the bottom of the ocean.

The term “refugee” isn’t one governments want to talk about in the context of climate change

The Maldives may be known as a tropical paradise, but the image hides a dirty secret: the world’s biggest rubbish island.

The president of the Maldives wants to buy a new home for his people to save them from rising sea levels. But where could they go?

A propaganda video shot inside a radical Maldives mosque and posted on the Internet has raised fears that al-Qaeda is gaining a foothold in the Indian Ocean tourist paradise. The…