The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee has approved a bill that would ratify Finland's NATO membership after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country would approve bringing Helsinki into the alliance without Sweden. Turkey's full parliament, the...
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Tuesday that it's becoming more likely that Finland will be able to join NATO without Sweden as Turkey has more outstanding issues with Stockholm. "We have no confirmation that will be the case, but we think that the overall...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut might fall to Russian forces in the "coming days" as the Russian mercenary outfit Wagner Group claimed more gains in the battle. "We cannot rule out that Bakhmut may...
A Hungarian parliamentary delegation visited Sweden on Tuesday and expressed support for the country's NATO bid but also told Swedish officials to stop telling "lies" about Hungary. Csaba Hende, the deputy speaker of Hungary's parliament, led the delegation and said...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg reaffirmed on Tuesday that the alliance wants to eventually admit Ukraine, a promise first made in 2008 that was a major motive in Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to launch the war. "NATO allies have agreed that...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Moscow can't ignore all of NATO's nuclear capabilities since NATO leaders have been calling for Russia's defeat. "In today's conditions, when all the leading NATO countries have declared their main goal as inflicting a...
President Biden met with the leaders of the Bucharest Nine countries in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday and vowed to defend "literally every inch" of NATO territory, calling Article Five of the alliance's treaty that outlines mutual defense "sacred." "The commitment of...
Finnish officials have said they would join NATO without Sweden if Turkey only approves their membership, reversing their previous position that they would only join together with Stockholm. The comments came after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sweden...
The US is trying to train Ukrainians to change the way they fight so they use fewer artillery munitions as NATO says its stockpiles are dwindling. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin detailed the efforts after a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact group in Brussels...
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that Ukrainian forces are using significantly more ammunition than the alliance's members can produce, putting a strain on Western stockpiles. "The war in Ukraine is consuming an enormous amount of munitions, and...
