A fisherman reported missing from R. Vaadhoo after failing to return from a solo fishing trip has been found safe near a buoy off Alifushi on Friday morning, following an extensive overnight search operation that included the deployment of an MNDF Bayraktar TB2 drone. Mohamed Iqbal, a resident of Vaadhoo, went out alone in a small dinghy on Thursday morning. When he did not return by nightfall and could not be contacted and having left without a mobile phone; his family alert

The Government of Maldives has formally withdrawn a 2022 letter issued by former President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih that altered the country’s position on the United Nations General Assembly Resolution concerning the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion on the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius. President Dr Mohamed Muizzu communicated the decision to the Prime Minister of Mauritius, marking a significant shift back to the Maldives’ earlier stance.

An MNDF Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was deployed over Male’ yesterday as fishermen staged a protest near the capital’s harbor. The drone remained airborne for nearly seven hours before returning to its base in Maafaru. The protest, organized by the Bodu Kanneli Masveringe Union (BKMU), began yesterday and is continuing today, with fishing vessels gathered off Male’s No. 1 Jetty. Fishermen are demanding the government deliver on pledges related to the purchase

President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu officially inaugurated the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) Gan Air Corps Station, marking a strategic expansion of the country’s aerial defense infrastructure in the southern region. photo: Vaguthu It’s the first of its kind in the south and is expected to enhance MNDF’s operational reach across the archipelago, particularly in surveillance, reconnaissance. It complements the existing drone command center in Maafaru, where the Maldives fi