FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 5, 2011, file photo, Maldives former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom addresses a press conference to announce the formation of a new political party in Male, Maldives ...

Mohamed Rasheed discusses the issue of eligibility of Maldive's longest serving president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom as a candidate in the upcoming presidential elections.

The Maldives longtime former dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, center, arrives for a hearing at a criminal court in Male, Maldives on March 21, 2018. By Associated Press ...

January: A Boy Scout foils an attempted assassination of the Maldives' long-time autocratic ruler, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, blocking a knife attack with his bare hands.

The former president of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, said he had tested positive for COVID-19, as the tourist-dependent island nation reports a pick-up in cases since re-opening its borders ...

MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldives state health minister Dunya Maumoon resigned Tuesday in an apparent protest against the arrest of her father, former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, while appea… ...

A Maldivian court overturned the 19-month jail term of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Thursday, a month after the former president's estranged half-brother and jailer suffered a shock election drubbing ...

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is the half-brother of the current President, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, and ruled the country for 30 years until 2008.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The president of the Maldives has lifted a 45-day state of emergency he declared last month during political turmoil in the archipelago nation. President Yameen Abdul Gayoom ...

The Maldives High Court granted former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom bail on Sunday, making him the latest jailed opponent of President Abdulla Yameen to win freedom since Yameen lost a re ...

MALE, Maldives — President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom appeared headed for a runoff against a former political prisoner who leads the main opposition in the Maldives’ first democratic presidential ...