Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed opts to step down following a police mutiny. CNN's Sara Sidner reports.
The president of the Maldives, one of the world's most popular honeymoon destinations, resigned Tuesday after a revolt by police officers, his spokesman said, leaving the normally idyllic chain of islands in chaos.
The government of the Maldives has reversed a ban on the sale of spa treatments, alcohol and pork, the country's president told CNN Wednesday.
In a statement released Monday, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed accused the nation's former leader of orchestrating sometimes-violent protests there over the last week.
Demonstrators on the island of Maldives protest for an entire week over economic issues. CNN's Reggie Aqui reports.
Maldivian Cabinet ministers have resigned en masse over a stalemate with the country's parliament dominated by opponents of President Mohamed Nasheed.
Climate skeptics are indicative of societies in decay.
A panel discusses whether our future could be powered by renewables.
With fish as witnesses, the president of Maldives and his Cabinet wore scuba gear and used hand signals Saturday at an underwater meeting to highlight the threat climate change poses to the archipelago nation.
CNN's Eileen Hsieh looks at how the Maldives is trying to reverse its watery fate.
The president of Maldives, who last year proposed relocating his entire country, is set to chair an underwater Cabinet meeting this month to highlight the threat global warming and rising sea levels pose to his low-lying nation.
In a historic election, the Maldives voted out their leader of three decades for a former political prisoner promising change
A former political prisoner unseated Maldives longest-serving president in the island nation's first multi-party elections, according to the tiny Muslim nation's Election Commission.
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