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- 3 foreigners stabbed in tourist hotspot Maldives, police investigating links to EXTREMISM
Maldives police are investigating three “suspected extremists” in a stabbing of three men, an Australian and two Chinese nationals. The attackers may be sympathizers of Islamic State terrorist group. - Giant inferno devours luxury 'rustic-chic' Maldives resort (VIDEOS)A fire has ravaged an award-winning luxury resort on a private island in the Maldives. Videos from the scene show villas going up in flames as panicked residents scream in the background. No injuries or deaths have been reported.
- Trouble in paradise: Maldives crisis locks China & India in tug-of-warThe Maldives is a tiny paradise nation, with a population of 400,000 and 10 times more sea than land. It’s also a focus in the rivalry between China and India, whose total populations comprise a third of all people in the world.
- Maldives slams calls for Indian military interventionThe Maldives government says it firmly believes that India will not send in troops and slammed opposition calls for foreign military intervention in the crisis stricken country as “irresponsible.”
- China will 'take action' if India sends troops to crisis-hit Maldives – state mediaBeijing will “take action” if India sends troops to the Maldives, Chinese state media has warned. It comes after a Supreme Court in the Maldives overturned the conviction of an opposition politician, prompting a political crisis.
- ‘Tantamount to a coup’: Maldives military surround government buildings – reportsArmed soldiers have reportedly shut down the Maldives parliament just days after the country’s Supreme Court overturned terrorism convictions against exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed.
- Cherie Blair law firm linked to suspected terrorist & controversial regimeCherie Blair could face a corruption probe after an investigation uncovered suspicious financial links between her law firm and the autocratic Maldives President Abdulla Yameen, as well as an arms trafficker wanted for terrorism.
- US ‘kidnaps’ Russian MP’s son to ‘exchange him for Snowden’A Russian MP claims the US kidnapped his son from the Maldives on bogus cyber-fraud charges and may be preparing to offer him as bait in a swap deal for Edward Snowden.
- Maldives police crack down on ex-president’s supportersMaldives security forces have dispersed a march of over 3,000 protesters supporting former leader Mohamed Nasheed. At least one protester was badly injured during the clash, while more than a dozen were arrested.
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