A major TV stationin the Maldives today suspendedoperation as the 15-day emergency imposed by President Abdulla Yameen-led government continued to throw the nation in crisis.
US President Donald Trump today spoke on the phone with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the two leaders discussed the war in Afghanistan including the political crisis in the Maldives.
Dow Jones Industrial Average dived 4.2 per cent to 23,860.46.
North Korea staged a military parade in Pyongyang Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of its armed forces, putting its intercontinental ballistic missiles on the show just a day before the Winter Olympics open in the South.
A topless woman activist caused a furore on Thursday as she reached the red carpet of a high-society ball in Vienna.