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Why India has little to cheer about with a change of guard in Maldives

New Delhi is mistaken if it thinks Solih's regime will move away from China when it assumes office. Beijing is remarkably flexible in dealing with any govt in Asia or Africa

Maldives court sentences former president Abdul Gayoom to 19-months in jail

Gayoom, 80, who ruled the Indian Ocean archipelago state from 1978 to 2008, is the second former president to be jailed under President Yameen Abdul Gayoom's rule

US urges Maldives Prez Yameen to lift emergency, restore people's rights

Reporters Without Borders called on the Maldivian authorities to immediately free two journalists with opposition TV channel Raajje TV who have been held for the past four days

How Maldives slipped away from India's hug and shook hands with China

While military intervention is not the preferred option, it is an available one that the Maldives needs to be made aware of

Maldives rejects India's MILAN invite: Why it did so; top 10 developments

India will be hosting navies from at least 15 nations for the eight-day mega naval exercise, which is set to begin on March 6 at the Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Maldives' unprecedented snub to India's invite for naval exercise

Meanwhile, Maldives navy cadets join training with Indian navy squadron

Maldives rejects India's Milan naval exercise invite: Top 10 developments

The exercise comes in the backdrop of China's growing military presence and activities in the Indo-Pacific region

Maldives extends Emergency by 30 days: India 'deeply dismayed'

President Yameen declared emergency on Feb 5 after the SC ordered the release of a group of Opposition leaders

US urges Maldives to end emergency, wants Prez Yameen to uphold rule of law

Maldivian President was also urged to respect his country's commitment to international human rights obligations

Maldives crisis: Emergency decree 'illegal and void', says joint Opposition

The emergency decree was voted on with 40 MPs in attendance, and 38 approvals

Maldives Parliament extends emergency by 30 days; 'disappointed', says US

Countries including the United States, India and Canada along with the United Nations have urged Yameen to lift the emergency and restore normalcy

Emergency in Maldives extended by 30 days as key panel backs Prez Yameen

A total of 38 MPs voted to accept the decree and forward it to the National Security Committee for evaluation

Don't want any trouble between India and China: Ex-Maldives Prez Nasheed

Nasheed said Maldives has nothing against China, but it should not attempt to change the "state type" and have democratic oversight

Maldives crisis: A bitter religious divide has come to the fore

After the country's supreme court ordered the release of nine jailed opposition politicians at the start of February, the Maldivian president Abdulla Yameen declared a 15-day state of emergency

Maldives dilemma: Will going to war with China serve India's interests?

India has frozen Maldives out after reminding it of its India First commitment

When India launched 'Operation Cactus' to suppress a coup in Maldives

Excerpts from the book Mission Overseas, provide details of 'Operation Cactus' that India undertook in November, 1988

Rule of law must: Trump, Modi discuss Maldives crisis on phone

Maldives plunged into a political chaos last week when the apex court ordered the release of nine imprisoned opposition politicians

Maldives: India refuses to meet Yameen's envoy; UN calls Prez a 'usurper'

China still opposes UN mediation in the Maldives but has toned down its opposition to foreign intervention

Yameen proposed India as first visit by envoy, but MEA refused: Maldives

Yameen has already dispatched special envoys to China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to brief them about the deepening political crisis in the country

Maldives crisis: AI waives ticket cancellation charges for Male flights

On February 5, India asked its nationals to defer all non-essential travels to Maldives until further notice