Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
latest news & developmentsVideo raises fears of al-Qaeda expansion to Maldives
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…
Ten held over Maldives bomb attack on tourists
Police investigating this weekend’s nail-bomb attack in the Maldives, which injured a dozen foreign tourists, have now arrested 10 people, officials said on Monday. ”Some of them…
Bomb blast wounds 12 tourists in Maldives capital
A homemade bomb exploded near a mosque in the Maldives’ capital, Male, on Saturday, wounding 12 foreign tourists, the islands’ government said. The blast occurred at the entrance…