Britain Apologizes to 2 Libyans for Role in C.I.A. Nightmare
The apology comes at a particularly unwelcome time for the C.I.A. as the Trump administration’s nominee to lead the agency, Gina Haspel, has been under intense scrutiny this week over…
Opinion | Lawyers Told Gina Haspel Torture Was Legal. But It Never Was.
Lawyers from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel wrote memos asserting that waterboarding and other forms of torture were legal. But the rationale these memos provided distorted domestic and…
Opinion | I Have a Few Questions for Gina Haspel
I was abducted from exile in Southeast Asia and secretly jailed in one of Libya’s worst dungeons. But the worst torture of my life wasn’t done to me by Col.…
Trump’s Nominee for C.I.A. Director Offered to Withdraw Amid Concerns Over Past Role in Torture Program
President Trump’s pick to run the C.I.A., Gina Haspel, told White House officials last week that she would withdraw her nomination if they were concerned her role in the brutal…
‘We Don’t Perform for People, We Perform for the Gods’
A community has formed around Chinese opera in Thailand, preserving one of the oldest dramatic art forms in the world. BANGKOK — “Anywhere they play in Bangkok, I’ll be there,”…
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Escort Who Claims to Have Russian Secrets Faces New Charges in Thailand
Photo Anastasia Vashukevich, left, and her associate Alexander Kirillov, far right, after their arrest in Pattaya, Thailand, in February. Credit Gemunu Amarasinghe/Associated Press BANGKOK — A Belarusian escort jailed in…
From Thai Jail, Sex Coaches Say They Want to Trade U.S.-Russia Secrets for Safety
The aluminum tycoon, Oleg V. Deripaska, has close ties with Mr. Putin and with Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, who has been indicted on money laundering charges by…
Audio Recordings Prove Russian Meddling in U.S. Election, Escort Says
BANGKOK — A Belarusian escort with close ties to a powerful Russian oligarch said from behind bars in Bangkok on Monday that she had more than 16 hours of audio…
Seeking Asylum, an Escort Has a Tale of Trump and Russia to Offer
Mr. Deripaska has business ties to Paul Manafort, Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman, who is under investigation by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel looking into the campaign’s connections…
Lurking in Toilets, Swimming the Streets: Snakes of Bangkok Move In
As of Monday, the department had received 31,801 calls this year for help in removing snakes. That is more calls than for all of last year (29,919), and more than…
Why Thailand Takes Pride in the Vietnam War
By all accounts, the Thai troops fought well. From their base at Bear Cat Camp in Bien Hoa Province, they clashed with the Viet Cong in medium and small engagements…