U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting fellow NATO leaders in Turkey as the alliance tries to persuade him that they are actively increasing military capabilities.
President Donald Trump arrived in Ankara Tuesday afternoon for the NATO summit, as the trans-Atlantic military alliance was announcing billions in arms deals in an attempt to appease the mercurial U.S. leader.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has demanded allies present clear plans to meet spending targets at the annual summit in Ankara.
President Donald Trump is responding to global outrage over his intervention with FIFA during the World Cup.
President Donald Trump will be heading to Ankara, Turkey, for the annual NATO summit.
Since he started work as NATO secretary-general almost two years ago, Mark Rutte has spent much of his time trying to keep the United States anchored to the world’s biggest military alliance.
President Donald Trump has berated and belittled many of the European leaders who are expected to attend the upcoming NATO summit in Turkey.
Turkey is implementing extensive security measures for the upcoming NATO summit, deploying thousands of police and banning public gatherings.
NATO's deputy commander said he wants a summit in Turkey to encourage member countries to spend more on defense and support Ukraine.
Vice President JD Vance says the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon would have been a blip in today’s news cycle.
The White House has formally requested $87.6 billion, mostly to replenish the Pentagon after the U.S. war against Iran, submitting the request to Congress at a politically difficult time, as a majority of lawmakers have objected to any further military action.
President Donald Trump is on Washington’s National Mall on Wednesday for a campaign-style rally that he hopes gets Americans excited about his presidency and the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has met with President Donald Trump, advocating for the military alliance that the U.S. leader has sharply criticized.
U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey has resigned, saying the government is not willing to spend enough on the military at a time of rising threats.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for face-to-face negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
NATO allies and defense officials have expressed bewilderment at U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would send 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio already faced a difficult task in soothing NATO allies anxious about President Donald Trump's often-abrupt announcements.
European leaders say President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Germany is just the latest signal that Europe must take more responsibility for its security.
U.S. President Donald Trump has renewed an old threat that Washington could reduce its military presence in Germany.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is declining to engage in a dispute with the U.S. over reports that the Pentagon is considering punishing NATO members who don't support U.S. operations in the Iran war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country's top priority is securing help to buy and build more air defense systems.
Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar says he would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin but won't initiate contact.
President Barack Obama in 2011 declared it was time to leave behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and “pivot” to Asia to counter China's rise.
President Donald Trump repeated his complaint about NATO after a private meeting with the alliance's Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday.
Over the course of a single day, President Donald Trump went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that Iran's leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire.
U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO, yet he failed to mention the alliance in his speech to the American public about the Iran war.
Deep divisions were apparent over the Iran war as top diplomats from the Group of Seven countries have met in France.
President Donald Trump is cycling through what seems to be an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called Russia and Iran “brothers in hatred.”.
Europe is gradually being pulled into the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, even as it avoids direct combat.
When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine surpassed 1,418 days last month, it officially exceeded a historic milestone — the same span of time it took Moscow to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II.
The makers of mobile apps designed to help shoppers identify and boycott U.S. goods say they saw a surge of interest in Denmark and beyond after the recent flare-up in tensions over Greenland.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia breached its commitment to hold off on energy infrastructure attacks for a week when it launched a major assault on Ukraine overnight.
Democrats and White House have struck a deal to avert a partial government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that technical talks with officials from Denmark and Greenland over hatching an Arctic security deal are now underway.
President Donald Trump says the U.S. used a secret weapon he called “The Discombobulator” to disable Venezuelan equipment when the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro.
European leaders are finding a way to speak with one voice against President Donald Trump and they're increasingly willing to say “no” to his demands.
U.S. President Donald Trump has taken center stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos, overshadowing discussions on AI and renewable energy.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signaled that U.S. President Donald Trump to apologize for his false assertion that troops from NATO countries — other than Americans — stayed away from the front line during the war in Afghanistan.
Vice President JD Vance says the Insurrection Act won’t be needed “right now” in Minneapolis after meeting with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the city, which has emerged as a national focal point in the clash over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte may have been instrumental in persuading U.S. President Donald Trump to scrap his threat of tariffs as he presses for control over Greenland.
Leader of Denmark and its semiautonomous territory Greenland are insisting that the island's sovereignty is non-negotiable after U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed to a framework on Arctic security with the head of NATO.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says about 4,000 buildings in Kyiv remain without heating, and nearly 60% of the city is without power following days of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid.
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to drop his threat of imposing tariffs on several European countries.
President Donald Trump says he has scrapped the tariffs that he threatened to impose on eight European nations to press for U.S. control over Greenland.
President Donald Trump has shared private messages from world leaders about Greenland, revealing softer tones behind public criticism.
Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from business, government and beyond plus untold numbers of activists, journalists and observers are converging on the Swiss town of Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.
U.S., Danish and Greenlandic officials have met face to face to discuss President Donald Trump’s ambitions to take control of Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threats against Greenland pose a new and potentially unprecedented challenge to NATO, perhaps even an existential one.
Ukraine and its European allies have accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of feigning interest in peace efforts after five hours of talks with U.S. envoys at the Kremlin produced no breakthrough.
The European Union has unveiled a plan to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine over the next two years.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte brushed off fresh concern about the United States’ commitment to the military organization on the eve of a meeting of allied foreign ministers focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Talks between Russia and the U.S. on ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were constructive, but much work remains.
Ukrainian officials met with U.S. President Donald Trump's representatives Sunday, and Washington officials are expected in Moscow for more peace talks this week.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the United States to expand sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies to the whole sector.
The U.S. military has launched its ninth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing three people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.
U_S_ Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has announced new sanctions against Russia’s two biggest oil companies and blasted Moscow’s refusal to end its “senseless war.”.
Germany plans to send more than $2 billion in military aid to Ukraine amid concerns about dwindling Western support.
NATO has announced that its major annual nuclear exercise, "Steadfast Noon," is starting next week.
Intrusions into NATO’s airspace blamed on Russia have reached an unprecedented scale, raising questions about whether the Kremlin is trying to test the alliance’s willingness to respond to a direct attack or divert its attention and resources from the war in Ukraine.
A swarm of Russian drones flew last week into Poland in what officials there regarded as a deliberate provocation.
NATO says it's bulking up its defensive posture on its eastern flank bordering Belarus, Russia and Ukraine with new equipment.
Bulgarian authorities aren't investigating a suspected Russian interference operation involving a plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen because they say the interference is now common.
NATO is working to counter Russian jamming of satellite navigation systems on civilian flights, according to the alliance's chief.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg says officials are “working very, very hard” on efforts to end the three-year war between Russia and Ukraine.
The second Oval Office meeting in six months between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went off smoothly, in sharp contrast to their disastrous encounter in February.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered his assurances that U.S. troops would not be sent to Ukraine to defend against Russia, after seeming to leave open the possibility the day before.
U.S. President Donald Trump says he has called Russian President Vladimir Putin and begun to arrange a meeting between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
President Donald Trump has started arranging a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said during his successful election campaign he could end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours” upon taking office.
The U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska is happening at a site where East meets West in a place familiar to both countries as a Cold War front line of missile defense, radar outposts and intelligence gathering.
Ukraine and its European backers are seeking talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in an effort to protect their security interests ahead of his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week.
The EU-U.S. tariff agreement sealed over the weekend has been described as a “dark day” for Europe and even a capitulation to American demands.
Moving at the “speed of Trump” is one of the White House’s favorite phrases, but when it comes to presidential travel, Donald Trump’s pace is about the same as that of his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine's new government plans to boost domestic arms production to meet half its military’s needs within six months.
President Donald Trump is downplaying the possibility of sending Ukraine long-range weapons as Kyiv awaits an injection of U.S. weaponry that it hopes will help it beat back an intensifying Russian air offensive.
The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.
President Donald Trump has announced new measures targeting Russia over its ongoing war in Ukraine, threatening steep tariffs if a peace deal isn't reached within 50 days.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to meet President Donald Trump this week on the heels of the U.S. leader announcing plans to sell NATO allies weaponry that they can then pass on to Ukraine.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says Russia could pose a security threat to the European Union by the end of the decade and that defense industries in Europe and Ukraine must be ramped up.
World leaders are adapting strategies to manage U.S. President Donald Trump during his second term.
NATO leaders have agreed on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if attacked.