Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace, Ankara, May 16, 2022. Erdogan has thrown a spanner in the works of Sweden and Finland's historic decisions to seek NATO membership (Photo: Burhan Ozbilici/AP)
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to reporters following a Cabinet meeting, in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 11, 2021 (Photo: Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)
Men carry the coffin of military solider Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Ali, who was killed in battle, during his funeral service, in Qalyubia province, Egypt, Sunday, May 8, 2022 (Photo: Sayed Hassan/AP)
When the Taliban first established themselves in Afghanistan, it was widely recognized that Pakistani intelligence was behind the new organization. (Photo: AFP)
President Joe Biden speaks about the war in Ukraine in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Washington. (Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)
A view of a hardware of the Gaz-System's gas station in Rembelszczyzna, near Warsaw, Poland, April 27, 2022. Polish and Bulgarian leaders accused Moscow of using natural gas to blackmail their countries. (Photo: Czarek Sokolowski/AP)