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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen addresses European Parliament members on new plans to ramp up defense spending agreed at last week’s summit, Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)

Canada and the EU swiftly retaliate against Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs

March 12, 2025 at 3:11 p.m.

Major trade partners swiftly hit back at President Donald Trump’s increased tariffs on aluminum and steel imports, imposing stiff new taxes on U.S goods including products from textiles and water...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, speaks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, as they arrive for an EU Summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

EU leaders commit to working together after President Trump signals that Europe must defend itself

March 6, 2025 at 4:22 p.m.

European Union leaders committed to working together to bolster the continent’s defenses and to free up hundreds of billions of euros for security.

El presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, habla con periodistas durante una conferencia de prensa en Kiev, Ucrania, el miércoles 26 de febrero de 2025. (AP Foto/Evgeniy Maloletka)

La UE superó al COVID y dejó atrás la energía rusa. Ahora debe aprender a vivir sin ayuda de EEUU

February 27, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.

En los últimos cinco años, los países de la Unión Europea se han visto obligados a adaptarse a circunstancias sin precedentes. Se unieron para adquirir decenas de millones de vacunas...

From left, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius, Spanish Foreign Jose Manuel Albares and Italian Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi talk during a meeting on European defence and Ukraine, at the Quai d’Orsay in Paris, France, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Christophe Petit-Tesson, Pool Photo via AP)

Europe quietly works on a plan to send troops to Ukraine for post-war security

February 14, 2025 at 4:04 p.m.

Increasingly alarmed that U.S. security priorities lie elsewhere, a group of European countries has been quietly working on a plan to send troops into Ukraine to help enforce any future...

Britain’s Defense Secretary John Healey speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)

NATO allies insist Ukraine and Europe must be in peace talks as Trump touts Putin meeting

February 13, 2025 at 8:38 a.m.

Several NATO allies stressed on Thursday that Ukraine and Europe must not be cut out of any peace negotiations as U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied that the United States...

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, left, walks with Britain’s Defense Secretary John Healey prior to a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

Pete Hegseth makes first visit to NATO with allies impatient to hear about US plans for Ukraine

February 12, 2025 at 8:29 a.m.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday made the first trip to NATO by a member of the new Trump administration, as the allies wait to learn how much military...

Switzerland’s Defense Minister Federal Councillor Viola Amherd, right, shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, prior to a bilateral meeting on the sideline of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

NATO chief says Russian victory over Ukraine would have a costly impact on alliance’s credibility

January 23, 2025 at 8:22 a.m.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned on Thursday that a Russian victory over Ukraine would undermine the dissuasive force of the world’s biggest military alliance and that its credibility could cost...

Nato’s Secretary General Mark Rutte addresses the media during a press conference as part of a summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries in Helsinki, Finland, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva via AP)

NATO announces a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region

January 14, 2025 at 7:39 a.m.

NATO is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region after a string of incidents in the Baltic that have heightened concerns about possible Russian...

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivers a statement, after a meeting with a high level South Korean delegation including top intelligence and military officials as well as senior diplomats briefed NATO diplomats, at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to fight in Ukraine, Pentagon says

October 28, 2024 at 3:12 p.m.

NATO on Monday confirmed that North Korean troops have been sent to help Russia in its almost three-year war against Ukraine and said some have already been deployed in Russia’s...

FILE - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg wrap up a joint press conference on July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

NATO shows no sign of letting Ukraine join soon and wants more details about its ‘victory plan’

October 16, 2024 at 5:15 p.m.

NATO on Wednesday showed no sign it would be willing to invite Ukraine to join its ranks anytime soon as allies sought more information from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about his...

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