Bloomberg Malaysia’s former leader Najib Razak has pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption and criminal breach of trust in connection with a multibillion-dollar scandal surrounding state fund 1MDB. Appearing in the High Court on Wednesday, Najib was granted bail of 1 million ringgit ($247,000) and ordered to surrender his passports. He faces three counts of criminal breach of trust, ...

Bloomberg Germany’s Social Democrats said they’re moving towards a possible deal with Chancellor Angela Merkel to back a policy shift on migration that avoided a breakup of her own party bloc. Differences remained after Merkel and her Bavarian sister party presented the updated refugee policy to the Social Democrats, her junior coalition partner, during a meeting in Berlin. The three ...

Bloomberg Ivory Coast Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly will appoint a new cabinet after the government resigned as the main political alliance is increasingly divided over the nomination of its candidate in 2020 presidential elections. Coulibaly was immediately reappointed to his post and has been asked to form a government with members of the ruling Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy ...