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Bezos sues NASA over its deal with SpaceX

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin sued the U.S government over NASA's decision to award a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract to Elon Musk's SpaceX.

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Blue Origin said its lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Friday is "an attempt to remedy the flaws in the acquisition process found in NASA's Human Landing System."

Turkey blasts US parole ruling for diplomat's killer

Turkey on March 11 "strongly condemned" a U.S. court's decision to release on parole an Armenian national who assassinated a Turkish diplomat in Los Angeles in 1982.
The Los Angeles County Superior Court recently ruled in favor of the release of Hampig Sassounian. California Governor Gavin Newsom has said he will not appeal against the decision. 

Halkbank to appear in US court in sanctions case

Turkish state lender Halkbank will be arraigned in a U.S. court next week to face a federal indictment for alleged evading Iran sanctions.

The bank was represented by the law firm of King & Spalding at a hearing on Feb. 25 and attorneys said it agreed to appear at the proceedings.

Halkbank was charged in October with attempts to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran.

There is ‘serious chain of plots in US,’ Erdoğan says over Turkish banker verdict

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Jan. 5 that there was a serious chain of plots in the United States after the U.S. court verdict found Hakan Atilla, the former deputy chief executive officer of state lender Halkbank, guilty of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions.

Turkish presidential spokesperson Kalın says US verdict on Turkish banker Atilla ‘scandalous’

A U.S. court’s verdict finding Turkish banker Hakan Atilla guilty of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions is a “scandalous decision of a scandalous case,” Turkish presidential spokesperson İbrahim Kalın said Jan. 4.

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