Bloomberg Malaysia’s former premier Najib Razak will face new charges in a case linked to troubled state fund 1MDB, following earlier allegations of money laundering and corruption. The expected allegations against Najib are part of a case linked to 2.6 billion ringgit of funds transferred to his personal account, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission said in a statement, after detaining him ...

Bloomberg The UK and the European Union signalled their readiness to work to break the deadlock in Brexit talks as Prime Minister Theresa May prepared for a crucial summit aiming to persuade EU leaders to back her plans. The bloc’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, repeated his offer to re-write his blueprint for avoiding a hard border between the UK ...

Bloomberg Pro-government forces in South Sudan went on a weeks-long rampage of “staggering brutality” in opposition-controlled areas and killing civilians and destroying their food supplies even after warring sides agreed a cease-fire, Amnesty International said. Soldiers and allied militias were given “free rein” to commit atrocities in the country’s north between mid-April and early July, the London-based group said on ...