Finland joining the alliance after decades of military nonalignment would be a major shift and represents a significant diplomatic and strategic defeat for Russia.
With a difficult election coming in May, the Turkish president keeps insisting that Sweden is harboring alleged Kurdish terrorists and other dissidents.
More than a thousand earthquake victims are still unaccounted for. Some families waited for days by ruined buildings, hoping to see bodies that never surfaced.
The Feb. 6 earthquake’s vast destruction will present a challenge when it comes to mounting a viable election. But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the vote would go on in May, “God willing.”