Bloomberg Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak faltered in his bid to get a high court to halt bankruptcy proceedings against him for failing to pay a tax bill totaling 1.74 billion ringgit ($420 million). Kuala Lumpur High Court Judge Ahmad Bache on Monday dismissed Najib’s application for a stay of execution, according to an email exchange between the court ...

Bloomberg Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was expected to be in court on Monday as her first trial begins on charges brought by the military junta after it seized power earlier this year. Suu Kyi and former President Win Myint, who have been in detention since the February 1 coup and face multiple charges, are expected to testify ...

Bloomberg The US Supreme Court rejected appeals by two members of a white supremacist group convicted under a federal anti-riot law for attacking counter-protesters during the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The men, Michael Paul Miselis and Benjamin Drake Daley, argued unsuccessfully that the 1968 Anti-Riot Act violates the Constitution by punishing protected speech. A federal ...