NATO

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called on Sunday for a crisis meeting of his European Union counterparts this week to discuss escalating tension in the Middle East following the killing of a top Iranian military commander in Iraq by the United States. “As…

TORONTO -- The Canadian government has updated a raft of travel advisories for countries in the Middle East due to an increased threat of attacks. Tensions have escalated across the region in recent days following a U.S. airstrike in Iraq, which killed top…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - With shouts of “Death to America”, tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq on Saturday to mourn Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader who were killed in a U.S. air strike that has raised the specter of…

A ringing phone helped retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark ring in the New Year on CNN  though it clearly wasn’t intended. Clark, the former supreme allied commander in Europe for NATO, was discussing Tuesday’s attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq when his phone ra…

Key Point: The Warsaw Pact planned a decapitating nuclear strike across central Europe. Last month in the National Interest we discussed NATOs plan for World War III in Europe. The scenario, set in the late 1980s, assumed that the forces of the Soviet Union …

At least seven Afghan soldiers were killed when the Taliban attacked their base Tuesday, the latest brazen assault in Afghanistan's north, where local and international forces are bracing for violent months ahead. Winter once marked a slowdown in the so-call…

COLOGNE, Germany NATO members are relying on Italy's safety certifications for the alliance's new Alliance Ground Surveillance drone fleet, as questions remain about the aircraft's ability to fly through Europe's regulated airspace. The status of the airwort…

Michael Kovrig (left) and Michael Spavor, the two Canadians detained in China, are shown in these 2018 images taken from video. /The Associated Press Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he wants the U.S. government to hold off on wrapping up a new trade deal…

By Idrees Ali ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday that he needed to speak with his Turkish counterpart to understand how serious President Tayyip Erdogan was when he said he could shut down the Incirli…

NATO Nightmare: A Russian Invasion of Iceland?