The Maldives has brought in a ban on smoking for all young people born on or after 1 January 2007. The measure makes it the only country with a generation-wide tobacco prohibition. The new law also ...

A lasting touch of the African influence in the Maldives is the Boduberu art culture. This combination of rhythm and dance, introduced to the islands from Africa, is a major part of the local culture.

Hundreds of people united by a passion to protect sea life came together to set a snorkelling world record. Freedive Maldives and Siyam World Maldives gathered 305 people in the stunning blue waters ...

Maldivian President Mohammad Muizzu’s People’s National Congress (PNC) secured a landslide victory in the Indian Ocean archipelago’s fourth multiparty parliamentary elections on April 21. The party ...

The pro-China People’s National Congress won 70 out of 93 seats, while the pro-India Maldivian Democratic Party got just 15 seats in Parliament. Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu of the People’s ...

The Maldives has introduced a smoking ban for young people born on or after 1 January 2007, becoming the only country with a generational prohibition on tobacco. The new law, which came into effect on ...