(Bloomberg) — The US is planning to ask NATO allies to contribute more money to a key weapons-delivery program for Ukraine, people familiar with the matter said, a sign that US defense support for Kyiv continues despite lingering tension between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky are … Read more
Two Latvian nationals arrested on suspicion of trespass at RAF Molesworth. British counter-terrorism police are investigating after two Latvian men were arrested near RAF Molesworth in Cambridgeshire, a military base that houses US and Nato intelligence operations, police said Thursday.The men, aged 32 and 36, were found inside the base after Ministry of Defence Police … Read more
Trump hails Mecca Agreement as “big and bold step” US President Donald Trump on Sunday threw his weight behind the newly signed Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, calling it a “big, bold, and important first step”.The pact, signed on August 7, has brought the three major Islamic nations closer on … Read more
Türkiye spent eight months and more than $120 million renovating a former military airport before one of the world’s largest passenger planes could land. The aircraft, a Boeing 747-8 gifted to the United States by Qatar, is expected to be converted into an interim presidential aircraft while Boeing continues to press ahead with the delayed … Read more
Donald Trump and Georgia Meloni sat on a small sofa during what appeared to be a long conversation during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains. The US president now claims the Italian prime minister “begged” him: “She wanted so badly to take a photo with me – I could have skipped it, but I felt sorry … Read more
SYDNEY, As NATO counts down to its annual summit in Turkey in July, the alliance is facing perhaps the biggest challenge in its history – what a potential future would look like without the United States or its security guarantees. NATO will continue to exist after the United States withdraws its troops. But what kind … Read more
NATO said on Saturday it was working with the United States to understand Washington’s decision to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany as war in the Middle East deepens rifts in transatlantic ties. NATO and top Republicans question U.S. troop withdrawal from Germany The Pentagon’s announcement of the troop withdrawal came after U.S. President Donald Trump … Read more
Responding to Trump’s threat to withdraw troops, Starmer stressed NATO’s shared security interests and the need to strengthen them. Discussions also touched on the fragile Iran conflict and restoring safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that NATO was firmly “in the interests of the United States” … Read more
London on Thursday accused Russia of conducting covert attacks on submarines in and around its waters and said Russian armed forces had successfully repelled them. Britain accuses Russia of secret submarine operation in British waters The British Ministry of Defense claims that British aircraft and warships detected a Russian attack submarine entering international waters in … Read more
