Maldives Supreme Court upholds presidential poll results

MALE (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of the Maldives on Sunday upheld the results of a Sept. 23 presidential poll after President Abdulla Yameen challenged his defeat in last month's election.

The court's verdict came four days after Yameen said he was preparing to step down.

(Reporting by Mohamed Junayd in MALE, writing by Shihar Aneez in COLOMBO, editing by Alasdair Pal)