Sunday's parliamentary elections were overwhelmingly won by the People's National Congress, the conservative and nationalist party of the country's current president, pro-Chinese Mohamed Muizzu

President Mohamed Muizzu appointed new members, including a chairman and vice chairman, of the Labor Court

Over a million bottles of water from melting Tibetan glaciers have been sent to the country by China; the Maldives is seeing salt levels seeping into the earth and corrupting drinking water, making it dependent on desalination plants

Police have decided to open an internal investigation into the allegation that traffic police assaulted a teenage girl at a checkpoint in Hulhumale'

The Maldives Police Service has dismantled a major criminal network, which encouraged various crimes, operating through Telegram channels that, according to police, have been in operation since April last year