A Maldives government official says a permit was given to study soft corals, but authorities were unaware the group planned to cave dive.

A diver has died in an operation to recover the bodies of five Italians who drowned while exploring a deep underwater cave in the Maldives.

International cave divers have arrived in the Maldives to step up the search for the remains of four Italians who died while scuba diving in the island paradise, a day after a…

Several fatalities have been reported in recent years but diving and water sports-related accidents are still relatively rare.

An international dive safety group sent experts to the Maldives on Sunday to join a multinational recovery effort after five Italians and a rescue diver died in the Indian Ocean…

The attempt to retrieve the five bodies has already claimed another life, underscoring the peril and complexity of the recovery effort.

Five Italian divers are believed to have died while exploring a cave at a depth of about 50 metres in Vaavu Atoll on Thursday, according to Italy’s Foreign Ministry. #EuropeNews

The bodies of four Italian scuba divers, missing since last week, have been located in an underwater cave in the Maldives.

The diving instructor of the Italians who died in sea caves in the Maldives was discovered in a separate location to the four others who perished underwater.

Search operations resumed on Monday after being suspended following the death of a local military diver. | World News

'I have visited those caves countless times. There is no current. They swam into that third cave. They chose to go in there,' a former military diver for the Maldives National…

Finnish divers recovered the bodies after they were located deep inside an underwater cave in the Maldives.

The bodies were found at a depth that was twice the legal depth for recreational diving in the island nation. Two bodies have yet to be recovered.

Italian prosecutors have launched a culpable homicide investigation into the fatal Maldives cave-diving expedition, authorities said.

A Maldives government official says a permit was given to study soft corals, but authorities were unaware the group planned to cave dive.

A group of five Italian scuba divers died while exploring a deep underwater cave near Vaavu Atoll. No one knows what happened.

Footage taken on body cameras worn by a group of Italian divers who died while exploring deep-sea caves in the Maldives could reveal how their final moments unfolded.

Maldivian authorities say they are probing whether the group descended far deeper than expected

A diving expert has suggested that five Italian cave divers were sucked into a spawling network of caves beneath a Maldives atoll due to the unique properties of its entrance

Prosecutors in Rome opened a culpable homicide probe as Maldives officials said they were unaware the group planned to enter a cave

A group of expert Finnish divers may have solved the mystery surrounding the deaths of five Italians who perished while exploring deep-sea caves in the Maldives.