Maldives
Maldives foreign minister elected as UN assembly president

By Edith M. Lederer Jun. 07, 2021 12:55 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives defeated Afghanistan’s former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul in an election Monday for...

Asian World Cup qualifiers to be moved from China to UAE

Jun. 01, 2021 02:23 AM EDT
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — China’s COVID-19 travel restrictions have forced World Cup qualifying matches scheduled for the eastern city of Suzhou to be...

Asian World Cup qualifiers to be moved from China

May. 31, 2021 04:02 AM EDT
BEIJING (AP) — China’s COVID-19 travel restrictions mean World Cup qualifying matches scheduled for the eastern city of Suzhou this week will likely be...

Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell arrives for hotel quarantine at the Marriott Hotel in Sydney, Australia, Monday, May 17, 2021. Most of the Australians involved in the suspended Indian Premier League have arrived in Sydney on a charter flight and will go immediately into quarantine. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP)
Australia's IPL contingent leaves quarantine in Sydney

May. 31, 2021 02:16 AM EDT

Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell arrives for hotel quarantine at the Marriott Hotel in Sydney, Australia, Monday, May 17, 2021. Most of the Australians involved in the suspended Indian Premier League have arrived in Sydney on a charter flight and will go immediately into quarantine. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP)
Australian cricketers return after Indian league suspension

May. 16, 2021 09:44 PM EDT

Indian club apologizes for quarantine breach in Maldives

By John Duerden May. 10, 2021 02:31 AM EDT
Bengaluru FC owner Parth Jindal has apologized for an “inexcusable” breach of COVID-19 protocols by two of his players and a coach that led to the Indian club...

NZ batsman Tim Seifert remains in India after COVID positive

By Steve Mcmorran May. 07, 2021 08:54 PM EDT
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand test cricket batsman Tim Seifert has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been refused permission to board a...

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, file photo, an Indian doctor shows a COVID-19 vaccine at a government Hospital in Jammu, India. India started exporting COVID-19 vaccines to its neighboring countries on Wednesday, Jan. 20. To start with, India will send 150,000 shots of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Bhutan and 100,000 shots to Maldives. Afterwards, vaccines will be sent Bangladesh, Nepal, India’s foreign ministry said. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)
India starts supplying COVID-19 shots to neighboring nations

By Aniruddha Ghosal Jan. 20, 2021 04:32 AM EST

A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks on a street during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Asia Today: Maldives considers burying Sri Lankan Muslims

Dec. 15, 2020 04:28 AM EST

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh gesture with their elbows before a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. Pompeo is wrapping up an anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam as the fierce American presidential election race enters its final stretch. (Bui Lam Khanh/VNA via AP)
Pompeo wraps up anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam

By Matthew Lee Oct. 29, 2020 08:27 PM EDT

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo greets the gathering before his meeting with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapksa in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Pompeo plans to press Sri Lanka to push back against Chinese assertiveness, which U.S. officials complain is highlighted by predatory lending and development projects that benefit China more than the presumed recipients. The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka denounced Pompeo’s visit to the island even before he arrived there, denouncing a senior U.S. official’s warning that the country should be wary of Chinese investment. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, Pool)
Pompeo brings anti-China roadshow to Indian Ocean islands

By Matthew Lee Oct. 27, 2020 11:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 17, 2019, file photo, a measles vaccination is seen at the Knox County Health Department in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Sri Lanka and Maldives have become the first two countries in the World Health Organization's South-East Asia region to eliminate both measles and rubella ahead of a 2023 target, the U.N. health agency announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon, File)
WHO says Sri Lanka and Maldives eliminate measles, rubella

By Bharatha Mallawarachi Jul. 08, 2020 05:12 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 27, 2020, file photograph, a snowboarder completes his first run at the reopening of Arapahoe Basin Ski Resort, which closed in mid-March to help in the effort to stop the spread of the new coronavirus in Keystone, Colo. Leaders in the outdoor industry hold hope for a bright future as the virus drives people to seek entertainment in the great outdoors. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
The Latest: Virus infections continue steady rise in S Korea

By The Associated Press Jun. 17, 2020 01:28 AM EDT

A lone protester makes a statement at Town Hall in Sydney, Friday, June 12, 2020, to support U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd. Hundreds of police disrupted plans for a Black Lives Matter rally but protest organizers have vowed that other rallies will continue around Australia over the weekend despite warnings of the pandemic risk. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Asia Today: India's virus cases now 4th highest in world

Jun. 11, 2020 10:59 PM EDT

Muslims pray spaced apart to help curb the spread of the coronavirus during a Friday prayer at the Al Barkah Grand Mosque in Bekasi on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, May 29, 2020. Muslims in some parts of Indonesia attended Friday prayers as mosques closed by the coronavirus for weeks were allowed to start reopening in the world's most populous Muslim nation. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Asia Today: Indonesians return to mosques, at a distance

May. 28, 2020 10:08 PM EDT

A health worker enters an ambulance on his way to collect samples for testing for the coronavirus in Male, Maldives, Saturday, May 9, 2020. The Maldives, an Indian Ocean archipelago nation with one of the world's most congested capitals, has seen a rapid rise in coronavirus cases over the past few weeks. Health officials predict that more than 77,000 people, or a fourth of those currently living in the country, could become infected, with more than 5,000 possibly needing intensive care treatment. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sharuhaan)
Maldives sees rapid spike in coronavirus patients

By Mohamed Sharuhan And Krishan Francis May. 09, 2020 09:39 AM EDT

American Red Cross volunteers disinfect a registration table during a Red Cross and Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team blood drive at Chase Field Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Phoenix. According to the Red Cross, as of April 5, nearly 14,000 Red Cross blood drives have been canceled across the country due to coronavirus concerns, resulting in more than 400,000 fewer blood donations.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
The Latest: India touts gains in curbing virus with lockdown

By The Associated Press Apr. 29, 2020 01:13 AM EDT