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US President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House on Friday May 25. Photo: AFP/ Mandel Ngan

Middle East, Russia, World

Trump’s darkest days – so far

by Elizabeth Drew September 27, 2018

This isn’t a good time to be Donald J Trump. Granted, it has been a while since it was, but this is the grimmest period of his presidency thus far. And Trump is showing it. Aides have been struggling to muzzle him – not physically, but everything short of that. And, as could have been […]

US President Barack Obama and Republican President-elect Donald Trump shake hands during a transition planning meeting in the Oval Office at the White House. Photo: AFP/Jim Watson

AT Finance, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, World

Past failures to punish white-collar crime helped produce Trump

by Marshall Auerback August 28, 2018

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Photo: AFP/Brendan Smialowski

Trump’s former campaign manager, ex-lawyer each become felons

by Asia Times staff August 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Self-confessed Belorussian escort Anastasia Vashukevich in an August 21, 2017 photo from her Instagram account. Photo: Instragram

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Thailand, World

FBI piqued by Russia sex spy story

by Richard S Ehrlich March 16, 2018February 18, 2020

A banknote shows horsemen competing at Buzkashi, a long-time Central Asian sport in which horse mounted players attempt to place a goat or calf carcass in a goal Photo: iStock/Getty Images

Afghanistan, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Central Asian money trails come into corrupt focus

by Alan Boyd November 7, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort departs US District Court after a hearing in the first charges stemming from a special counsel investigation of possible Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election in Washington, U.S., October 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Jim Bourg

Manafort could slip noose on Russia money laundering charge

by Reuters November 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Former Trump 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort leaves US Federal Court after being arraigned on twelve federal charges in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election in Washington October 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters/James Lawler Duggan

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, World

Could Manafort-Russia probe look to Indonesia?

by John McBeth November 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Robert Mueller has shown he intends to use his broad powers aggressively. Mueller testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 16, 2011. Photo: Reuters / Jason Reed

In Russia probe, Mueller’s opening salvo a show of force

by Reuters and Asia Times October 31, 2017February 18, 2020

George Papadopoulos (3rd L) appears in a photograph released on Donald Trump's social media accounts with a headline stating that the scene was of his campaign's national security meeting in Washington, DC on March 31, 2016. Photo: Social Media / Reuters

Middle East, Russia, World

Ex-Trump adviser Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to FBI

by Jonathan Landay and Mark Hosenball October 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Paul Manafort at a round table discussion on security at Trump Tower in New York on August 17, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Carlo Allegri

Manafort indicted on conspiracy, money laundering charges

by Karen Freifeld October 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Robert Mueller attends a farewell ceremony in his honor at the US Department of Justice on August 1, 2013, on his retirement from Federal Bureau of Investigation. Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb

European Union, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

No stone unturned: Mueller going deep with ‘this Russia thing’

by Elizabeth Drew September 30, 2017February 18, 2020