EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday called for a "surge" in European defence spending, as the 27-nation bloc faces an ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is praising President Donald Trump for motivating fellow transatlantic alliance members to ...

President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday the U.S. would not defend North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies from a military attack if they are behind on defense spending encouraged by the ...

Trump has repeatedly expressed his contention that European countries have been taking advantage of the U.S. by not spending more on defense.

Poland, with over 4% of its GDP spent on defense in 2024 and plans to reach 4.7% in 2025, has long been ahead of the curve in ...

The Trump administration has called on other NATO allies to increase their defense ... time of the agreement, only three countries — the U.S., the United Kingdom and Greece — were spending ...

NATO members will have to bolster their defense spending by “considerably more than 3%” of their GDP, the alliance’s Secretary General Mark Rutte said Saturday. The alliance chief’s ...

Replacing what the Americans do for the NATO alliance would take money, personnel, time and cooperation. None of those is ...

But they come at a time of heightened concern in the Western world over Trump’s cozy relationship ... making it U.S. policy ...

WASHINGTON − The new head of NATO and President Donald ... to use it wisely," Trump said of Europe's defense spending, "and we have to get this war over with that, you'll be back to a normal ...

Confidence in America's role in safeguarding its allies in Europe is wavering, while Washington has launched into a trade war ...

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