In Maldives, a court has ordered the arrest and detention of former President Abdulla Yameen on suspicion of money laundering. Abdulla Yameen is accused of receiving one million dollars of government money through a private company, however, he denies the allegations. (Reuters) 

In Maldives, former president Abdulla Yameen is under investigation for corruption after a court ordered accounts holding 6.5 million dollars to be frozen.                    Yameen who was defeated in a September election was interviewed for ...

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Monday declared a state of emergency for 15 days in an escalation of a battle with the country’s Supreme Court, which his allies say is trying to bring down the government. Yameen had earlier defied a Supreme Court ruling to release nine jailed opposition ...

The Maldives' top judge was arrested Tuesday as security forces stormed the Supreme Court at dawn, in a deepening confrontation with President Abdulla Yameen who has declared a state of emergency in the troubled honeymoon islands. The detention of Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and another Supreme ...