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June 24, 2025 2:02 PM

What is NATO’s new 5% defence spending target?

NATO leaders are expected to endorse a big new defence spending target at an alliance summit in The Hague on Wednesday, as demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump. Here are some key questions and answers about the new target. WHAT ARE NATO LEADERS ...

June 6, 2025 6:36 PM

NATO’s dilemma: how Zelenskiy can attend summit without provoking Trump

Officials organising a NATO summit in The Hague this month are expected to keep it short, restrict discussion of Ukraine, and choreograph meetings so that Volodymyr Zelenskiy can somehow be in town without provoking Donald Trump. Though the Ukrainia...

May 30, 2025 12:13 PM

Trump envoy says Russian concern over NATO enlargement is fair

U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said Russia's concern over the eastward enlargement of NATO was fair and the United States did not want to see Ukraine in the U.S.-led military alliance. Asked by U.S. network ABC News a...

May 15, 2025 5:14 PM

Berlin backs Trump’s demand to hike NATO spending target to 5%

Germany on Thursday backed U.S. President Donald Trump's demand to more than double NATO's defence spending target to 5% of GDP, as Washington urged countries to eliminate any "weak links" in the alliance caused by a lack of military investment. "We...

March 7, 2025 12:11 PM

Trump: If NATO members don’t pay, US won’t defend them

U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt on Thursday on his willingness to defend Washington's NATO allies, saying he would not do so if they are not paying enough for their own defense. "It's common sense, right," Trump told reporters in the Oval Off...

February 24, 2025 10:08 AM

Zelenskiy says he is willing to quit presidency if it means peace in Ukraine

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he was willing to give up his position if it meant peace in Ukraine, adding that he could exchange his departure for his country's entry into the NATO military alliance. "If (it means) peace for...

February 19, 2025 2:28 PM

US, Russia forge ahead on peace talks, without Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said on Tuesday it had agreed to hold more talks with Russia on ending the war in Ukraine after an initial meeting that excluded Kyiv, a departure from Washington's previous approach that rallied U.S. alli...

February 14, 2025 5:42 PM

Hegseth tells Europe to spend on defence as US presence may not last forever

European countries need to invest now in defence because it is not possible to assume that the United States' presence on the continent will last forever, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday during a visit to Warsaw. Pointing to Polan...

February 13, 2025 8:06 PM

US President Trump voices support for Ukraine, but early concessions to Russia spark concerns

U.S. President Donald Trump has promised a swift end to the Ukraine war but with talks about to begin the author of "The Art of the Deal" may have already complicated his task by sacrificing leverage. Trump, who took office on January 20, separately...

January 24, 2025 2:30 PM

Risk of clash between nuclear powers is growing, Russian security official says

Russian security official Sergei Shoigu warned in an interview published on Friday that the risk of an armed clash between nuclear powers was rising. Shoigu, the secretary of President Vladimir Putin's Security Council, told TASS news agency: "Again...