The nation in focus
In his 61st Independence Day address, the president set a 2028 target, announced two advisory councils, and said the Malé Commercial Port will relocate by November 2027 under full government ownership.
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A dawn flag-raising at Republic Square, honours for 66 more in state service, and an evening parade with a Saudi prince as guest of honour.
The family company of former MMPRC chief Abdulla Ziyath took US$325,000 in SOF cheques a decade ago, investigators say — the scandal's newest prosecution step.
It follows a former police commissioner's claim at an opposition rally that MVR 800,000 was paid to the judge — an allegation that remains unproven.
A presidential nomination and Majlis confirmation follow — appointments that will shape the watchdog's next term.
The country's largest telecom passes to Valdemar Ferradaz, a thirty-year international operator.
The appointment took effect on 31 July — and brings the ABA's annual conference to Malé in September.
A monthly average of US$80 million, up 30 per cent on last year — sold into an economy still short of dollars.
Tehran calls warships approaching Hormuz 'legitimate targets'; a resolution to limit the president's war authority fails by a single vote.
France's Gironde fire is among its largest since the war, Spain's Ávila blaze is the biggest in its recorded history, and a quarter of a million people have fled — in 42°C heat.
Cairo confirms a drone caused the fire that spread from a US-owned regasification vessel to a Greek tanker — the first attack on Egyptian soil of the widening conflict. No one has claimed it.
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