Turkey's president has suggested his country might approve Finland's application for NATO membership before taking any action on Sweden's, while the Turkish government issued a travel warning for European countries due to anti-Turkish demonstrations and what it described as Islamophobia. A mining corporation on Sunday apologized for losing a highly radioactive capsule over a 1,400-kilometre stretch of Western Australia, as authorities combed parts of the road looking for the tiny but dangerous substance. It could be a tricky balance to strike: planning for a coronation for King Charles that reflects the role of the monarch in today’s society while also trying to ensure the service respects traditions of a ceremony steeped in 1,000 years of history. Oleksii Reznikov says his country's next hope is to secure military aircraft that could be a "game changer" in its fight against Russia. Novak Djokovic was simply too good at the most crucial moments and claimed his 10th Australian Open championship and 22nd Grand Slam title overall by beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) in the final at Rod Laver Arena on Sunday. Bomb-carrying drones have targeted an Iranian defence factory in the central city of Isfahan overnight, authorities say, causing some damage at the plant amid heightened regional and international tensions engulfing the Islamic Republic. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Saturday a "strong, swift and precise" response to Friday's deadly shooting by a Palestinian gunman near a synagogue on Jerusalem's outskirts, as its military sent more troops into the occupied West Bank. Screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard, who skillfully adapted stories of historical Black figures in "Remember the Titans" starring Denzel Washington, "Ali" with Will Smith and "Harriet" with Cynthia Erivo, has died. He was 70. Former army chief and high NATO official Petr Pavel won the Czech Republic's presidential election on Saturday with a pledge to keep the country firmly anchored in the West and bridge society's political differences. The Taliban on Saturday doubled down on their ban on women's education, reinforcing in a message to private universities that Afghan women are barred from taking university entry exams, according to a spokesman. Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus beat Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Australian Open on Saturday to win her first Grand Slam. Authorities said Saturday that three people had died and at least one was missing after record levels of rainfall pounded New Zealand's largest city, causing widespread disruption. Giving people cash to abandon Tokyo is one way Japan’s government has been trying to deal with issues of overcrowding in the capital — and a shrinking population in most of the rest of the country. Footage released publicly Friday shows the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fighting for control of a hammer with his assailant during a brutal attack in the couple's San Francisco home last October. The footage shows police officers savagely beating the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes in an assault that the Nichols family's legal team likened to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King. U.S. prosecutors have charged three members of an eastern European criminal organization with ties to Iran's government with conspiring to assassinate a journalist and activist who is an American citizen, Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Friday. Protests were held on Friday in several predominantly Muslim countries to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands. A Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an East Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing seven people and wounding four before police shot him, according to Israeli officials.
