Ahead of Sunday’s election in the Maldives, read up on the issues facing the island nation, including democratic backsliding, corruption, and geopolitical competition between China and India. Maldives ...

Mark Phillips is the CBS News senior foreign correspondent and has been based in the London Bureau since 1993. He has covered every major international story of the past 35 years, including conflicts ...

On 19 September 2003 a conflict among some inmates of Maafushi Jail in the Maldives led to 12 of them being isolated from their cells. Among the isolated was Hassan Evan Naseem, a 19 year-old boy ...

In February 2016, Gasim Abdul Kareem, a regional manager with the Bank of Maldives, was arrested for leaking bank statements that exposed a massive corruption scheme. The documents showed a government ...

Sarah Harvey has been covering the Maldives since 2010 and is a frequent visitor to its top resorts and lush islands. She helps travelers plan trips to the Maldives through her website, Manta Media ...