Concerns over government's silence on 'India-related' issues

China and Pakistan do not have very good foreign relations with India. This government has had a lot of engagement with India.

6 November 2022

Ukraine war, US-China tensions to dominate G20 FM meets

China's top diplomat Wang Yi has said that the U.S. handling of the balloon incident had been "unimaginable" and "hysterical".

28 February 2023

Will not forgo 'grain of Maldives soil', FM assures

Shahid said the president's letter said that he would vote in favour of Mauritius if there was a re-poll.

9 November 2022

Japan, China to hold security talks next week, Japan says

Hayashi said he also discussed the identification of surveillance balloons in Japan's skies with his Chinese counterpart.

19 February 2023

FM fails to return month after UN term expiry

Shahid's term as president of the UN General Assembly expired on September 12. He has not returned home in the month past.

12 October 2022

Government denies chance for press questions on Indian influence

In his four years as a minister, Shahid has met the media sparingly.

9 November 2022

Maldivian dies in Malaysian high-rise building fall

Some newspapers reported that it was a 22-year-old male student from Addu who died.

11 October 2023

Maldivians can now travel to China without visa

Last year, the Maldives and China celebrated 50 years of bilateral relations.

18 February 2023