Mark Rutte supported the disastrous US invasion of Iraq based on sheer lies back in 2003 as a state secretary in the ...

In her Oval Office debut with Trump, the Italian prime minister defends Ukraine, pushes for an EU-US summit, and dodges calls ...

President Donald Trump says he's in “no rush” to reach any trade deals because of the revenues his tariffs are generating.

Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni talked up the chances of a trade deal between the US and Europe, as the Italian prime ...

The European Union’s rush to increase military spending is as much about appeasing Washington as achieving actual “strategic autonomy.” ...

In an exclusive interview with NV journalist Nataliia Rop, NATO Secretary General Mark ... keep on going when it comes to ramping up spending and that we spend it in the right way. That has to do with ...

April 5, 2025: Global defense spending reached $2.46 trillion in 2024. NATO members account for nearly half of global defense spending. Major Nation Defense Spending NATO spending is likely to ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — European NATO allies and Canada on Friday said they are willing to ramp up defense spending but are cool on American demands for the size of their military budgets, particularly given ...

Highly indebted Italy's projected defence budget for 2024 was 1.49% of gross domestic product, NATO figures show, below the military alliance's current 2% target which Trump wants raised to 5%.

Even as the Trump administration demands that defense spending ... to rule out NATO membership for Ukraine weakened Kyiv’s hand at the negotiating table before peace talks have even begun.