Mark Rutte

Iran’s Health Ministry said there were 14 dead and 78 injured in the latest offensive. It also claims one projectile landed very close to a nuclear facility

The US president calls Iranian leaders ‘sick people’ after both countries exchanged strikes, but leaves the door open for negotiators to keep talking

The initiative comes after months of Trump pressure on the alliance and renewed claims over Greenland

Doubts about Donald Trump’s commitment to the military alliance and the Russian threat are pushing the continent to embrace a new era of defense

The Italian prime minister has paid for playing both sides between the US and the EU. After months of underscoring her good standing with the US president, she is now moving away from a relationship that costs her votes

NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte met with the US president in the Oval Office to make the case that Europe is increasing its defense spending

Continental allies negotiate how to replace key military capabilities —such as fighters, ships and tanker aircraft— that Washington will stop making available to the Atlantic Alliance

As the war in Ukraine continues, Russia is intensifying a covert pressure campaign on NATO’s eastern flank that is unnerving European governments and intelligence services

Mark Rutte urges European allies to take on more of their own defense burden: ‘This excessive dependence must end’

Around a dozen attack aircraft have crossed into or struck territory in the eastern European region in the past two months. Kyiv blames Moscow for diverting the craft through signal seizure, which the Kremlin denies

The former foreign minister, who brought the Greens into government, points out that Europe must prepare for the end of American protection: ‘We’ll see if NATO survives’

The Strait of Hormuz, blockaded by Iran, will open ‘naturally’ when the conflict ends ‘in two or three weeks,’ predicts the US president, who threatens to ‘strike hard’ at Tehran within that timeframe

The countries of northern and western Europe now account for 95% of support for Kyiv

The Republican has not detailed what the agreement entails. It was announced after his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte

Since the military operation in Venezuela, the US president has deployed his rhetoric to take over the semi-autonomous island of the Kingdom of Denmark

The World Economic Forum celebrates its traditional annual meeting, marked by the transatlantic crisis and the assault on free trade and international institutions

The NATO secretary general warns that Spain will soon find it needs to spend around 3.5% of its GDP on defense and praises Trump: ‘I like the guy’

The co-founder of an archive on the history of the Dutch colonies speaks about the importance of memory and anti-racism, amid the rise of the far-right in the Netherlands

‘We are fulfilling our obligations and commitments,’ says PM Pedro Sánchez, underscoring the missions that Madrid contributes to. Spain will now join the PURL (Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List) program coordinated by NATO

The cancellation of the summit between the Russian and American leaders demonstrates that Moscow is trying to buy time. Washington wants an agreement at all costs, even by overriding Kyiv’s interests

The military exercises being staged in Belarus, a repeat of those in 2021 that preceded the invasion of Ukraine, are taking place just two days after the Russian drone incursion into Poland

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk believes the incident puts Europe ‘the closest we have been to open conflict since World War Two’

The carefully choreographed European talks sought to curb the US cronyism with Putin seen in Alaska and increase pressure on Moscow to agree to negotiations with Kyiv

The Ukrainian president and several European leaders will meet with the US president Monday to discuss peace negotiations with Russia

Trump’s erratic economic policies are scaring away US investors. Many experts suggest it’s time for Europe to attract that capital and reduce financing costs for EU partners

The US president has taken advantage of Europe’s geostrategic and economic vulnerability to strike a one-way trade deal and impose spending of 5% of GDP on defense