NATO
14 Feb
Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Europe on Wednesday as he faces an uphill climb to quell doubts on US leadership, with Congress deadlocked on providing new aid to Ukraine and presidential contender Donald Trump lashing out at NATO allies.
14 Feb
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday 18 of the alliance's 31 countries are set to hit its defence spending target this year, after Donald Trump threatened to encourage Russia to attack members not coughing up enough.
11 Feb
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday warned against talk that "undermines security" after former US president Donald Trump threatened to encourage Russia to attack NATO members who were not fully paid up.
10 Feb
NATO's secretary general called on Europe to increase its arms production to support Ukraine and prevent "potentially decades of confrontation" with Moscow, in an interview published by German media Saturday.
26 Jan
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Friday he would "not negotiate" with Hungary over Sweden's NATO bid despite Budapest now the sole holdout after Turkey's ratification.
26 Dec
The Turkish parliament was Tuesday set to resume debate on approving Sweden's bid to join NATO, a thorny issue that was further complicated after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked it to Ankara's request for F-16 fighter jets from its ally the United States.
20 Dec
On October 7, 2023, Hamas, the Palestinian militant organisation, killed approximately 1400 Israelis and held an estimated 240 hostages,110 of whom were released pursuant to a short-lived truce and Qatar’s intermediation, with wide-ranging accounts of cruelty and torture.
27 Nov
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday said Turkey should approve Sweden's stalled bid for membership "as soon as possible".
22 Nov
A recent seminar was held in the Swedish town of Uppsala, co-hosted by the Sweden-based Nordic Africa Institute (NAI), the University of Pretoria’s Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship (CAS) in South Africa, and the Dakar-based Trust Africa.
12 Oct 2023
NATO countries on Thursday told Israel's defence minister they stood by his country after the attack by Hamas, but urged his forces to respond with "proportionality", the alliance said.
3 Oct 2023
President Joe Biden called Western allies Tuesday to reassure them US aid for Ukraine will continue, but the White House warned it could run out in months if Republicans in Congress fail to pass new funds for Kyiv's fight against the Russian invasion. Biden spoke with the leaders of Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland,…
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