US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, UK Chief of Defense Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, UK Defense Secretary John Healey, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at NATO headquarters in Brussels on February 12. Omar Havana/AP CNN — Wednesday’s
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and other European leaders on Wednesday, aiming to get immediate help to bolster Kyiv’s war effort and discuss longer-term security guarantees. The talks took place with Ukraine on the defensive on the battlefield
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte led a fresh push Wednesday for European countries to ramp up defense spending, a budget shortfall that President-elect Donald Trump used to berate U.S. allies during his first term in office, severely damaging trust. After
Spokeswoman of Russia’s Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova attends the annual press conference held by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights MOSCOW, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Russia has dismissed the possibility of nuclear
Turkey has submitted a request to join the BRICS group of major emerging market nations, the spokesman of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party said Tuesday. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a BRICS summit in this file photo taken
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a press conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan May 28, 2024. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights Putin hints at risk of global conflict Putin warns West over Ukrainian strikes inside Russia President singles out European NATO
As NATO marks its 75th anniversary on Thursday, the Alliance is seeing renewed dynamism, particularly with the recent accessions of Finland and Sweden. But the organization also faces multiple challenges, from the war in Ukraine to the possible return to
WASHINGTON/STOCKHOLM, March 7 (Reuters) – Sweden joined NATO in Washington on Thursday, two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced it to rethink its national security policy and conclude that support for the alliance was the Scandinavian nation’s best guarantee
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hold a joint press conference in Budapest, Hungary, February 23, 2024. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo Purchase Licensing Rights Sweden to join NATO after Hungary ratification due Monday NATO membership will end long
The Turkish parliament votes on the bill regarding Sweden’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Ankara on January 23. CNN — The Turkish parliament voted Tuesday to approve Sweden’s NATO membership bid, bringing the Nordic country one step closer