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An inquiry commission has determined that the Maldives' first democratically elected president was not forced to resign, as he has claimed.
A Maldives inquiry commission has determined that the Indian Ocean archipelago's first democratically elected president was not forced to resign, as he has claimed.
The former president of the Maldives was charged Monday with illegally ordering the arrest of a senior judge, escalating tensions on the Indian ocean island nation.
Maldives' first democratically elected president says the United States must acknowledge that he was ousted in a coup and press the current government of the Indian Ocean island nation to hold presidential elections this year.
Army trucks loaded with artillery rolled by the memorial palace for North Korea's late leaders as Kim Jong-un presided over a military birthday commemoration for his father Thursday.
U.S. outrage over Beijing's veto of a U.N. resolution on Syria won't affect cooperation on other international issues, a top Chinese diplomat said Thursday, as Beijing announced it recently had hosted a leading Syrian opposition figure.
Supporters of the former Maldives president rioted through the streets of the capital and seized some remote police stations Wednesday to demand his reinstatement, as the country's new leader appealed for an end to the political turmoil roiling the Indian Ocean island nation.
German police Tuesday arrested two men on allegations they were spying on Syrian opposition groups in Germany, prosecutors said.
Seven managers convicted over the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster have appealed, a newspaper reported Tuesday as India said again it would urge the U.S. to extradite the company's former American boss.
He said he was forced to resign following a "coup" staged by Islamic radicals, the police and the military.
He said he was forced to resign following a "coup" staged by Islamic radicals, the police and the military.
