Pentagon says US defense, NATO chiefs discuss need for more spending, lethality
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte discussed the alliance in a call on Wednesday, ...
EU members of NATO ready to raise defence spending beyond 2% of GDP, Costa says
The 23 EU members who also belong to NATO are likely to agree to raise the defence spending target above the current 2% of ...
NATO scrambles for drones that can survive the Arctic
In 2023, Mads Petersen, owner of Greenland-based startup Arctic Unmanned, sat in a car to keep warm while he tested a small ...
Trump says he wants to take Greenland. International law says otherwise
The US president says he wants Greenland for security reasons. But Greenland is not terra nullius ripe for American ...
'How you can blame NATO for Putin's brutal invasion…': Warner clashes with Gabbard at Senate hearing
Va., is expected to highlight Gabbard's past comments blaming NATO for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to a copy of ...
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NATO Could Raise Its Future Defense Spending to Five Percent
The proportion of NATO nations meeting the two percent benchmark has skyrocketed since 2022. Today, some members are aiming even higher.
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Albania Remembers Hoxha’s Communist Legacy
Hoxha’s rule of terror murdered 5,577 men and 450 women in Albania. Communist regimes throughout history have produced their fair share of cults of personality (cue the eponymous 1988 song by Living ...
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Gabbard and Patel hearings display diverging views of reality, history along partisan lines
Senators focused mostly on the nominees’ past statements, rather than how they may lead in their prospective positions.
Gabbard’s dodges on whether she thinks Snowden is a traitor exacerbate questions about her confirmation chances
In 2020, then-Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard introduced legislation calling on the federal government to drop all ...
Rubio says Trump’s interest in Greenland and Panama Canal is legit and driven by China concerns
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump’s desire to acquire Greenland and retake control of the Panama ...
Five takeaways from Gabbard and Patel's confirmation hearings
Former Democrat and military veteran Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence was grilled about ...
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Intel nominee Gabbard tries to win over skeptics in U.S. Senate confirmation hearing
As Tulsi Gabbard bids to be the next director of national intelligence, the former Hawaii congresswoman took heat from U.S.