Latest North Atlantic Treaty Organization News

NATO head and Trump meet in Florida for talks on global security

Nov. 23, 2024 06:59 AM EST

BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the head of NATO have met for talks on global security, the military alliance said Saturday. In a brief statement, NATO said Trump and its secretary general, Mark Rutte, met on Friday in Palm Beach, Florida. ...

US senator says Trump would laugh at Canada's military spending as Canadian security forum begins

Nov. 22, 2024 17:38 PM EST

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A U.S. senator and supporter of Donald Trump said Friday the president-elect would laugh at Canada's current military spending plans and said the country must do more. Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations...

NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russia's attack with new hypersonic missile

Nov. 22, 2024 16:49 PM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war. The conflict is “entering a decisive phase,” Poland's Prime Minister...

Romania holds a presidential election Sunday that could narrow to nationalist and leftist candidates

Nov. 22, 2024 06:18 AM EST

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — At the campaign headquarters of his far-right nationalist party in Romania's capital, George Simion hailed Donald Trump’s reelection days before he runs in his own country's presidential race. He also denied allegations that he is a Russian spy. “I...

Putin touts Russia's new missile and delivers a menacing warning to NATO

Nov. 21, 2024 15:42 PM EST

The new ballistic missile fired by Russia struck a military-industrial facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, but its real mission was delivering a deadly new message to NATO. Hours after Thursday's strike touched off a debate over whether the Ukrainian plant was hit by an...

Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador

Nov. 20, 2024 20:28 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has expressed skepticism about for years. Trump, in a statement, said Whitaker...

What to know about Matthew Whitaker, Trump’s pick to be America's ambassador to NATO

Nov. 20, 2024 15:42 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has tapped former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker as U.S. ambassador to NATO — set to make him the nation's representative to a bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has repeatedly relished criticizing. Whitaker has a legal and...

Trump chooses Matt Whitaker, a former acting attorney general, as NATO ambassador

Nov. 20, 2024 11:00 AM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump chooses Matt Whitaker, a former acting attorney general, as NATO ambassador.

Moscow warns the US over allowing Ukraine to hit Russian soil with longer-range weapons

Nov. 18, 2024 20:39 PM EST

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin warned Monday that President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles adds “fuel to the fire” of the war and would escalate international tensions even higher. Biden’s shift in...

Hungarian official criticizes Biden decision allowing Ukraine to use US weapons to strike Russia

Nov. 18, 2024 13:08 PM EST

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's foreign minister lashed out on Monday at U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to authorize Ukraine to use missiles supplied by Washington to strike deeper inside Russia, saying the move could serve to escalate the war and threaten the outbreak of a global...