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US pressures NATO to seal defense deal

BRUSSELS—US defence chief Pete Hegseth on Thursday pushed NATO to agree a deal on increasing military spending that could satisfy President Donald Trump at...

NATO to deploy task force in Indo-Pacific region—Navy

Member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will deploy a task force to the Indo-Pacific region as a demonstration of support for...

Kim’s sister slams US denuclearization plan

SEOUL—Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister slammed US-led efforts to take away North Korea’s nuclear weapons, saying the idea of denuclearizing the country was a...

Shaken NATO allies to meet Trump’s envoy

BRUSSELS – Rattled US allies will press Secretary of State Marco Rubio Thursday to lay out Washington’s plans for NATO and Ukraine, but his...

Rocked by Trump, EU seeks to begin boosting defense

BRUSSELS—The EU on Wednesday will look to fire the starting pistol on plans to help member states bolster their defences, as Europe grapples with...

Zelenskyy says ‘not simple’ to replace him

LONDON – Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told British media it would not be easy to replace him as Ukraine’s president, but repeated his offer to...

Europeans rally around Ukraine after Trump row

LONDON – European leaders closed ranks Sunday in support of Kyiv at a London summit, where they pledged to spend more on security and...

Conservatives win German vote as far-right makes record gains

Germany's conservatives swept to victory in Sunday's elections, with their leader Friedrich Merz set to become the next chancellor, followed by the far-right AfD...

Zelensky offers to resign in exchange for Ukrainian NATO membership

Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday -- the eve of the third anniversary of Russia's invasion -- that he was ready to quit as Ukraine's president...

European allies seek united front as US backing wavers

MUNICH, Germany – European leaders have scrambled to force their way to the table for any talks on the Ukraine war, as Washington announced...

UK’s Starmer says Europe ‘must take on a greater role in NATO’

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday that Europe "must take on a greater role in NATO" and work with the United States to...

NATO ships on alert in Baltic Sea

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Under steel grey skies, the Dutch mine hunting vessel Schiedam cuts through the waters dividing Denmark and Sweden, part of NATO’s...

In NATO, the closer to Russia, the more spent on defense

PARIS – While NATO countries living near the Russian border pay well over two percent of their GDP on defense, those further away pay...

Defense chief to pressure allies on first NATO visit

BRUSSELS, Belgium --New US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for his first meetings at NATO headquarters Wednesday looking to push European nations over...
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