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Maldives crisis: How India, China are flexing muscles over the tiny island

Throughout the crisis, the Maldivian government was in continuous contact with the Chinese embassy in Male and China was informed about Yameen's every move

Maldives row: 3 opposition MPs detained, anti govt protest intensifies

Police allegedly targeted family members of the jailed political leaders and brutally handled and pepper sprayed at close range

Maldives crisis: Police imposes curfew to halt oppn's anti-Yameen protests

The Maldives is facing political unrest since President Yameen imposed emergency after refusing to implement a Supreme Court order of freeing imprisoned opposition leaders

Former Maldives Vice President asks India to help restore democracy

The 48-year-old lawyer-turned-politician has asked India to lead the international efforts to restore democracy in the island country

Does BJP's polarising politics weaken India's strategic edge in Maldives?

Maldives crisis not just another fracas between political factions in a tiny nation. The archipelago has become a site where two Asian powers are jostling for strategic advantage

Maldives crisis: Detained CJ's lawyers express concerns over his arrest

The Chief Justice was given access to his lawyers about 12 hours after his arbitrary arrest

Maldives sends envoys to 'friendly nations', not to India: Yameen

The envoys have already reached China and Pakistan, a statement from the President's office said

Maldives crisis: US asks President Yameen to ensure 'rule of law'

Nasheed had asked India to play its role of 'liberators' and intervene militarily to resolve the ongoing political turmoil in Maldives

Maldives crisis: China issues travel warning, asks citizens to cancel plans

Chinese tourists constitute about 30 per cent of the Maldives tourist arrivals

Ex-President, Supreme Court judges arrested as Maldives declares emergency

The 80-year-old, who was president for 30 years until the country's first democratic elections in 2008, was taken away from his home in the capital Male around midnight

Maldives crisis: President Abdulla Yameen declares state of emergency

The move gives sweeping powers to security forces to arrest and detain suspects