U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged his Spanish counterpart, Jose Manuel Albares, during a meeting in Washington to ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged his Spanish counterpart, Jose Manuel Albares, during a meeting in Washington to ...

NATO members are set to agree to a goal to increase their defense spending level to 5% of their GDP as a means to address a ...

NATO foreign ministers on Thursday debated an American demand to massively ramp up defense investment as the United States ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that all NATO members will have agreed on a goal of spending the ...

The Trump administration wants to hear this week how NATO’s European member countries and Canada plan to boost defense ...

European nations want to spend big on artillery, missiles and drones, but costly military pension commitments ... Although NATO spending has been rising, some members are still lagging behind. Belgium ...

Photo: JOHN THYS / AFP NATO chief Mark Rutte wants member countries to agree at a summit in June to reach five percent of GDP on defence ... spending target of two percent of GDP on their militaries.

The Hague (AFP) – NATO chief Mark Rutte wants member countries to agree at a summit in June to reach five percent of GDP on defence-related spending ... every increase of one percent of GDP ...

Only 23 of 32 NATO countries met the 2% marker in 2024. Trump has said he wants every NATO member to increase defense spending to at least 5%, a mark that no country in the alliance hit last year.

He said his commitment to increase military spending to a 2.5% share of the economy from April 2027 would result in a “defence dividend” for companies. Sir Keir said the Government would set ...

Rheinmetall RHM0.84%increase; green up pointing triangle Chief Executive Armin Papperger said he expects members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to ramp up their defense spending quickly ...