NATO

Russia is not a member of NATO, obviously, and thus Vladimir Putin is not present at the NATO meeting in London on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Nonetheless, the Russian leader got pretty much exactly what he needed from the meeting, thanks in large pa…

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to back NATO’s defense plans for Poland and the Baltic states, Lithuania’s president said on Wednesday. “This is a huge achievement not only for our country, but for the whole region, because i…

LONDON (Reuters) - Seventy years since its Cold War-era founding as a transatlantic alliance focused on Moscow, NATO is expanding its gaze toward the increasingly muscular challenge posed by China. But it’s unclear, even to diplomats within the 29-member mi…

LONDON -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other foreign leaders have been caught on camera apparently talking candidly about U.S. President Donald Trump, with the footage now going viral and stoking fears of a backlash. The video was shot during a recept…

The Queen apparently did a double take when she saw her daughter Anne, the Princess Royal, missing from the line-up of royals welcoming Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, at an event at Buckingham Palace. In video footage of the reception, which was held to…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that reports that NATO planned to increase its defense spending showed Moscow was right to be concerned over what it said was the military alliance’s eastward expansion and policy of trying to contain Russia. …

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LONDON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he discussed with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson the NATO military alliance and trade at a meeting a day earlier. “Enjoyed my meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom a…

For anyone whose job is to keep a straight face around Donald Trump, dozens of private conversations such as these must happen every week, and in much stronger language. But to catch world leaders apparently sharing a laugh over the president's foibles is rar…

But Europe is changing, too, with Britain seeking to leave, Ms. Merkel nearing the end of her tenure, and Mr. Macron staking his claim to European leadership with a vision of the future that depends less on the United States. His criticism of NATO is inevitab…