Malaysian government minister Abdul Rahman Dahlan confirmed on Friday that Prime Minister Najib Razak is the unnamed official involved in the nation’s recent national wealth fund scandal. In 2009 Razak established the fund known as 1MDB to promote economic growth in Malaysia, but the fund has since been considered a failure due to the country’s [...]

German automaker Volkswagen (VW) on Thursday appealed the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision to support union representation for workers at the VW plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The United Automobile Workers (UAW) in December won the right to represent 160 of the plant’s 1,500 workers and planned to negotiate wages and benefits with VW. The [...]

In a press release Friday a UN rights expert expressed on-going concerns for the safety of persons with albinism in Mozambique, while at the same time recognizing that the nation had taken successful steps to improve conditions. Specifically, the UN commended the Mozambique government in its work toward preempting and prosecuting crimes committed against persons [...]

The Ohio Democratic Party filed an emergency appeal with the US Supreme Court Thursday to stay a federal court ruling that eliminated the state’s early voting period, known as the “Golden Week,” which would allow voters to register and vote on the same day. Golden Week is the first five days of a 35-day early-in-person [...]

France’s anti-terror prosecutor, Francois Molins, announced his decision Friday to hand down harsher criminal charges, with sentences up to 30 years, for returning French jihadists from Iraq, Syria, and other areas where the Islamic State (IS) is actively involved. Previously, the maximum sentence that could be handed down in such cases was 10 years. According [...]

A court in Nice, France, on Thursday struck down the ban on full-body “burkini” swimsuits in the city of Nice after the city authorities continued with the ban, defying last week’s ruling by France’s highest administrative court. The top court of France had struck down the ban on burkinis that was in effect in 30 [...]

Former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has appealed to the Federal Supreme Court following her removal from office. Arguing that her right to due process had been violated, Rousseff appealed to the Supreme Court to issue an injunction on the impeachment. Rousseff, by way of counsel, Jose Eduardo Cardozo, also asked the court to amend the [...]

The UN said on Thursday that civilians bear the biggest brunt of terrorism and violence in Iraq, reporting that civilians “accounted for more than two-thirds of those killed or injured in the month of August.” Out of 691 individuals killed in Iraq, 473 were civilians. Baghdad had reports that 231 civilians were killed and 676 [...]

A report by Amnesty International (AI) Thursday condemned Gabon security forces for using excessive force against protesters after the country’s disputed election. Alioune Tine, AI’s West and Central Africa director, stated that these actions must stop after reports that several anti-government demonstrators had been shot and injured on Wednesday. Tine stated that “such a brutal [...]

A reporter sued Missouri’s prisons chief in federal court on Wednesday for excluding him from being an execution witness. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed the lawsuit on behalf of Christopher McDaniel , a reporter whose stories have been critical of Missouri’s death penalty procedures. The suit asks a judge to block anyone other [...]