Latest North Atlantic Treaty Organization News

50 European leaders assess how Trump will affect their fortunes and seek a common stance on Russia

Nov. 07, 2024 14:07 PM EST

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Around 50 European leaders on Thursday called for a stronger defense posture across the continent that no longer necessitates a fundamental dependence on Washington as they gave a guarded welcome to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Ukrainian President...

Global leaders congratulate Trump but his victory looks set to roil the world -- again

Nov. 07, 2024 04:01 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — The verdict of U.S. voters was more decisive than most pollsters and pundits had predicted. Now the world waits to see whether the election of Donald Trump as president for a second time will prove as destabilizing as many American allies fear. Trump secured victory...

AP VoteCast: Voter anxiety over the economy and a desire for change return Trump to the White House

Nov. 06, 2024 14:58 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — A disaffected electorate wanted former President Donald Trump to return to the White House, a blatant rejection of Vice President Kamala Harris and her nearly four years with President Joe Biden. The Republican’s victory came from a public so put off by...

North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to likely fight against Ukraine, Pentagon says

Oct. 28, 2024 22:07 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and likely fight against Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon said Monday, in a move that Western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war and jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region. ...

Social Democrats win Lithuania's election, overcoming center-right government

Oct. 28, 2024 21:56 PM EDT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania' s center-left opposition parties celebrated victory on Monday after prevailing over the center-right ruling coalition in the final round of national elections. With 100% of votes counted from Sunday's polls, the Social Democrats won 52 seats in...

NATO confirms North Korean troops are being sent to Russia to fight Ukraine, with some already deployed

Oct. 28, 2024 07:23 AM EDT
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO confirms North Korean troops are being sent to Russia to fight Ukraine, with some already deployed.

Vance calls Russia an American adversary but won't label Moscow as an enemy

Oct. 27, 2024 11:47 AM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance says Russia is a U.S. adversary but suggests it's counterproductive to approach Moscow as an enemy. The Ohio senator also said Donald Trump is committed to NATO, the transatlantic military alliance seen as the...

Britain and Germany sign defense pact to counter Russia's growing threat

Oct. 23, 2024 07:06 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — German submarine-hunting planes will patrol the North Atlantic from a base in Scotland under a new Britain-Germany defense pact sealed in response to the growing threat from Russia. Defense ministers from Britain and Germany signed the agreement in London on Wednesday...

Sweden will honor Blinken and others with knighthoods for their roles in its NATO accession

Oct. 22, 2024 08:59 AM EDT

STOCKHOLM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and former NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg will be knighted in Sweden for their role in enabling the Scandinavian country to join the world's largest military alliance. It was a historic realignment of Europe’s post-Cold War...

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says only a US green light on a NATO invitation will sway a reluctant Germany

Oct. 22, 2024 08:42 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's president is hoping allies will take a more positive stance on his so-called “victory plan” after the U.S. election, but concedes that its key demand — an invitation to join NATO — is not welcome by some major Western partners, in particular Germany. ...