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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says the Netherlands acting like a ‘banana republic’

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says the Netherlands acting like a ‘banana republic’

President Tayyip Erdogan said on 12 March the Netherlands was acting like a banana republic and should face sanctions for barring Turkish ministers from speaking in Rotterdam, fuelling a row over Ankaras political campaigning abroad. Erdogan is looking to the large number of Turks living in Europe, especially in Germany and the Netherlands, to help secure victory next month in a referendum that would give the presidency sweeping new powers. Mar 13, 2017
US envoy Nikki Haley says Kim Jong-un is not a rational person

US envoy Nikki Haley says Kim Jong-un is not a rational person

US Ambassador to the UN Security Council, Nikki Haley, insists that all the options are on the table while countering North Koreas increasing provocative acts through nuclear and missile launches in the Korean peninsula. She rebuffed Chinas proposal that called for the suspension of US-South Korea joint military exercises in the region and said that a revised policy is needed to handle the Kim Jong-un regime. Mar 9, 2017
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