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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...

President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, left, is greeted as she arrives at the railway station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Christoph Soeder, Pool via AP)

EU pledges to loan Ukraine up to $39 billion to help rebuild its economy and power grid

September 20, 2024 at 10:50 a.m.

The European Union pledged on Friday to lend Ukraine up to $39 billion as part of a loan package organized by the Group of Seven major industrial nations, as it...

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, front center, shakes hands with Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, center row left, during a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO approves a plan to speed security aid and training to Ukraine’s beleaguered armed forces

June 14, 2024 at 9:33 a.m.

NATO defense ministers on Friday approved a plan to provide reliable long-term security aid and military training for Ukraine after delays in Western deliveries of funds, arms and ammunition helped...

People walk past elections posters for the European elections in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Far-right gains in European Union deal stunning defeats to France’s Macron and Germany’s Scholz

June 9, 2024 at 4:34 p.m.

Tens of millions across the European Union voted Sunday in EU parliamentary elections in a massive exercise of democracy that is expected to shift the bloc to the right and...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson address a media conference prior to a flag raising ceremony to mark the accession of Sweden to NATO at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, March 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Sweden’s flag raised at NATO headquarters, cementing its place as the 32nd alliance member

March 11, 2024 at 9:58 a.m.

Sweden’s national flag was raised at NATO headquarters on Monday, cementing the Nordic country’s place as the 32nd member two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine persuaded its reluctant public...

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

NATO leader says Trump puts allies at risk by saying Russia can ‘do whatever the hell they want’

February 11, 2024 at 4:42 p.m.

NATO's leader is warning that Donald Trump is putting the safety of U.S. troops and their allies at risk. The alliance's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg issued a statement Sunday after the...

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