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  • Monday, 15 January, 2024
    OutlookJohn Reed
    Modi, the Maldives and the battle of the beaches

    The Indian leader has ignited suspicion that his government wants to take touristic trade away from its neighbour

    Minicoy island, Lakshadweep, India
  • Monday, 15 January, 2024
    Maldives pro-China leader gives Indian troops March deadline to go

    Archipelago’s new president draws closer to Beijing

    Chinese President Xi Jinping and Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu meet in Beijing
  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    HTSIThe Wellness Issue
    The best new spas for 2022

    Stays and ways to find your inner balance, from the Cotswolds to Kotor

  • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A green ray of hope in surging tech investment

    Technological breakthroughs are needed to counter climate change

    Wind turbines
  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    How To Spend It: The Travel Issue
    Travel news: the new hotel hot list

    Summer starts here… or there

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    Travel
    In the Maldives, tourism recovers as the wealthy take a break from the pandemic

    Some resorts have enjoyed record occupancy rates as visitors seek ‘no-mask’ tropical escapes

  • Sunday, 6 December, 2020
    Asia-Pacific economy
    India and China compete over Indian Ocean debt-relief diplomacy

    Sri Lanka and Maldives seek bailouts as Asian giants dangle dollars to gain edge

  • Tuesday, 12 May, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Why the coming emerging markets debt crisis will be messy

    Large investment funds could play hardball with developing countries that default

  • Friday, 2 August, 2019
    Asia and Australia holidays
    The far side of Paradise: a Maldives atoll facing up to climate disaster

    A visit to Addu, the country’s southernmost atoll, offers a thought-provoking alternative to the usual fly-and-flop

    Equator Village Resort Photography . PR PROVIDED
  • Monday, 17 June, 2019
    Chloe Cornish
    Maldivian families strive to bring home Isis fighters’ children

    The 33 youngsters are thought to be living in a single tent in a Syrian refugee camp

    FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Children look through holes in a tent at al-Hol displacement camp in Hasaka governorate, Syria April 2, 2019. Picture taken April 2, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho/File Photo/File Photo - RC1EAE5EFC60
  • Monday, 11 February, 2019
    World3 min
    Maldives fears China Belt and Road debt trap

    Island nation owes about a third of its GDP to China

  • Monday, 11 February, 2019
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    The Maldives counts the cost of its debts to China

    The government joins a backlash against Beijing-financed infrastructure projects

    A construction worker looks on as the China-funded Sinamale bridge is seen in Male, Maldives September 18, 2018. REUTERS/Ashwa Faheem - RC1E66C1E0C0
  • Thursday, 31 January, 2019
    Belt and Road Initiative
    Maldives seeks to renegotiate with China over Belt and Road debt

    New finance minister says former government borrowed more than projects were worth

    An aerial view of Maldives capital Male December 9, 2009. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause/File photo
  • Monday, 17 December, 2018
    India to provide $1.4bn in financial aid to Maldives

    Narendra Modi seeks to restore New Delhi’s waning influence over archipelago nation

    Mandatory Credit: Photo by STRINGER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (10035490m) Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (L) shakes hands with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi before their meeting in New Delhi, India, 17 December 2018. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih is on a state visit to India from 16 to 18 December 2018. Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in New Delhi, India - 17 Dec 2018
  • Wednesday, 10 October, 2018
    World
    Maldives’ ruling party challenges opposition win in September poll

    Progressive party concerned over allegations surrounding the presidential election

  • Friday, 28 September, 2018
    Belt and Road Initiative
    Advantage India in struggle with China over Maldives

    Unexpected election of opposition candidate seen as rare diplomatic win for New Delhi

    Supporters of Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the president-elect of the Maldives celebrate their victory in the presidential election in Male, Maldives, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
  • Monday, 24 September, 2018
    World1 min
    Opposition claims Maldives election victory

    Ibrahim Mohamed Solih describes victory as a 'moment of hope'

  • Monday, 24 September, 2018
    World
    Opposition leader Solih wins Maldives presidential election 

    Victory is political upset in country that has been focus of China and India

    (FILES) In this file photo taken on September 8, 2018 Maldives' main opposition leader and presidential candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (C) greets a crowd during a campaign rally in the Maldives capital Male. - Maldives strongman Abdullah Yameen seeks a second term as president September 23, 2018 in a tourist paradise that has become a battleground for influence between regional giants India and China, and a source of global alarm over political oppression and a muzzling of the media. (Photo by - / AFP)-/AFP/Getty Images
  • Monday, 6 August, 2018
    Belt and Road Initiative
    Chinese investment in Bangladesh rings India alarm bells

    Beijing deepens ties across south Asia with billions in infrastructure loans

    A shot of Padma Bridge taken in June 2018
  • Tuesday, 20 February, 2018
    World
    Maldives president seeks to extend state of emergency
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2018
    The FT ViewWorld
    A great power rivalry plays out in the Maldives

    Crisis in the archipelago tests India and China’s ability to contain tensions

    Maldivian police officers detain an opposition protestor demanding the release of political prisoners during a protest in Male, Maldives, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Opponents of the Maldives government clashed with police on the streets of the capital Friday as they demanded the release of imprisoned politicians whose convictions were overturned by the Supreme Court.(AP Photo/Mohamed Sharuhaan)
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2018
    Chinese politics & policy
    Maldives lashes out at calls for India military intervention

    Malé government says foreign troops would threaten nation’s independence and security

    FILE- In this Feb. 3, 2018, file photo, Maldivian President Yameen Abdul Gayoom, center, surrounded by his body guards arrives to address his supporters in Male, Maldives. As a political crisis plays out in the Maldives, a quiet tug of war is taking place around it, with regional heavyweights China and India vying for strategic dominance in the picturesque Indian Ocean nation. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sharuhaan, File)
  • Friday, 9 February, 2018
    News in-depthWorld
    India pressed to send in troops to resolve Maldives crisis

    New Delhi fears China has chance to strengthen foothold in archipelago

    In this Feb. 2, 2018 photo, Maldivian police officers detain an opposition protestor demanding the release of political prisoners during a protest in Male, Maldives. Supporters of political parties that oppose the Maldives government have clashed with police on the streets of the capital after the country's supreme court ordered the release of imprisoned politicians. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sharuhaan, File)
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2018
    World56 sec
    Former Maldives president held as emergency declared

    Police usher Maumoon Abdul Gayoom out of his home in opposition crackdown

  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2018
    World
    Maldives crisis deepens after arrest of top judges

    President imposes 15-day state of emergency, freezing some political and legal rights

    Maldivian police officers detain an opposition protester demanding the release of political prisoners
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