UK to Raise Defense Spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, Starmer Says 2 Days Before Trump Meeting The U.K. currently spends 2.3% of gross domestic product on defense, and the government had previously set a 2.5% target...
Trump Expresses Hope Russia's War in Ukraine Is Nearing an Endgame as He Meets with France's Macron Trump, in broad-ranging comments on the state of the conflict, said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin would accept...
A Worried NATO Holds Large-Scale Combat Drills as the US Stance on Europe Shifts Under Trump NATO members continued their largest combat exercises of 2025, testing their ability to rapidly deploy large-scale forces on...
Polish President Says US Assures Him it Won’t Reduce Troop Levels as He Revives 'Fort Trump' Idea The Trump administration has not announced any plans to pull forces out of the region, but has said Europe must do more to...
Europe Tries to Muscle up as US Plots Mediation to Help End Russia's War in Ukraine Finnish President Alexander Stubb laid out three phases: “pre-negotiation,” ceasefire and long-term peace talks.
NATO Tests New Deployment Model Without US Ahead of Ukraine War Anniversary NATO is testing its ability to rapidly deploy across eastern Europe — without direct U.S. assistance — as Washington shifts...
US Defense Chief Suggests Ukraine Should Abandon Hope of Winning All Territory Back from Russia Addressing allies, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated that President Trump is determined to get Europe to assume...
Britain Navigates Rough Transatlantic Waters as Trump Roils the 'Special Relationship' Britain spends 2.3% of GDP on defense and says it will increase that figure to 2.5%.
At Least 11 Baltic Cables Have Been Damaged in 15 Months, Prompting NATO to Up Its Guard NATO is deploying eyes in the sky and on the Baltic Sea to protect cables and pipelines that stitch together the nine...
Intelligence Sharing by the US and Its Allies Has Saved Lives. Trump Could Test Those Ties America's closest intelligence partners are New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Britain, and it often shares with other...
Navy Gets Request for ICE, National Guard to Operate Out of Chicago-Area Base The installation, home to the Navy's only recruit training facility, would provide facilities and logistics for immigration...
Air Force Academy Cancels Lecture After Discovering Speaker Disparaged Trump Air Force Academy officials have canceled an upcoming annual lecture after discovering the speaker's online history of...
Jan. 6 Rioter Fatally Shot by Police Approved for Military Funeral Honors by Air Force Ashli Babbitt, who served as a senior airman, was among a group of rioters attempting to smash through barricaded doors...
Venezuela Prepares for Potential US Attack with Armed Drones Designed by Iran The long-standing links between Caracas and Tehran have been a source of contention between Venezuela and the United States.
Mystery Surrounds $1.2 Billion Army Contract to Build Huge Detention Tent Camp in Texas Desert When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what...