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Opinion: Erdogan must stop picking fights with friends

This deterioration of relations between the United States and Turkey should come as no great surprise. It follows a decline in friendliness that has gradually worsened over the last few years on a number of issues.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's requests for the US military to end

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How Flynn’s guilty plea centres around Egypt’s UN resolution on Israeli settlements

Michael Flynn was US President Donald Trump's National Security Advisor (Reuters) Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s guilty plea centred on the Trump transition team’s interference in a proposed UN Security Council resolution presented by Egypt that condemned Israeli settlements, according to court documents released on Friday. The court documents show

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US-Iran sanctions trial may hamper Turkey’s struggling economy

Turkey's main financial district, behind a residential neighborhood in Istanbul, 30 November (Reuters) A bad economic situation is quickly deteriorating for Turkey. Already the country is suffering from high inflation, large trade deficits, and a plummeting currency. But now a US sanctions-busting trial has cast a spotlight on the alleged corruption and malfeasance

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Trump may recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital next week

US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after delivering statements in Jerusalem in May (AFP) President Donald Trump may announce next week that the United States will recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a senior administration official said on Friday, a move that would upend decades of American policy and