NATO
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
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
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,…
7 Sep 2023
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday called for all sides to maintain calm in Kosovo after violence in May that wounded 93 peacekeepers.
21 Aug 2023
The promise by NATO members Denmark and the Netherlands to provide advanced US-made F-16 jets to strengthen Kyiv's Soviet-era air force is the latest evolution of the alliance's aid to Ukraine since the war started in February 2022.
21 Aug 2023
Are we slowly moving to World war 3? Can Russia allow NATO to gulp Ukraine? Is this existential threat to Russia? Can Russia exist with NATO countries surrounding Russia and a NATO member its gut?
13 Jul 2023
Research professor at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Femi Otubanjo, has said the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is gradually becoming a threat to world peace.