Most U.S. allies at NATO endorse President Donald Trump’s demand that they invest 5% of gross domestic product on their ...

President Trump met with German Chancellor Merz in the Oval Office on Thursday. Merz urged Trump to increase pressure on ...

Germany’s defense chief said his country will need to boost its armed forces by as many as 60,000 active soldiers as NATO ...

Germany is preparing to increase its troop count by up to 60,000 to meet new NATO defense targets triggered by rising threats ...

Pete Hegseth’s absence is the latest in a series of steps the U.S. has taken to distance itself from Ukraine’s war efforts.

The US is refusing to provide air defenses to back the “reassurance force” the UK and France are planning in a postwar Ukraine, people familiar with the matter said. British Prime Minister Keir ...

NATO is set to ask its member states to increase their troop numbers by 50% in preparation for a potential Russian attack.

NATO is expected to formally request Germany to contribute seven additional brigades—around 40,000 troops—as the alliance ...

NATO will raise its ... target of about 80 brigades would increase to between 120 and 130, an unnamed official has told Reuters. The military bloc will ask Germany next week to contribute an ...

Germany has deployed a new brigade to bolster NATO's eastern flank in a historic move to deter Russia. The stationing of the troops in Lithuania ... Berlin's plan is to increase defence spending ...

The decision to build up a 5,000-strong armoured brigade in Lithuania over the coming years came in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The deployment is aimed at ...

Both countries describe it as a step to protect Europe and NATO. Germany has stationed troops abroad on a long ... Europe's defense production needs to increase to match Russia's.