Turkey’s defense industry now supplies over 65 percent of the Turkish Armed Forces’ arsenal, a whopping growth from less than 20 percent in the first few years of the millennium. The shift is not ...

NATO leaders have agreed on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come to each other’s aid if attacked ...

It must have been the last thing NATO’s chief needed. Late Tuesday, on the eve of a crucial summit that would lock in a generational investment in NATO’s defense, Donald Trump’s Truth Social ...

NATO estimates show Poland spent the highest percentage of its GDP on defense and was the only country estimated to spend more than 4%. Estonia and Latvia followed, each allocating around 3.4%.

The NATO alliance agreed to a new defense spending target of 5% GDP by 2035, after a record number of members met the prior 2% defense spending goal in 2024.

Trump attends NATO Summit where Rutte congratulates him for making Europe "pay in a big way" with a new 5% defense target and his "decisive action" on the Israel-Iran ceasefire.

The defense alliance of 32 countries is planning to invest billions in its security over the coming decade. But it’s a splurge that some European NATO members, saddled with huge debt burdens ...

NATO leaders on Wednesday agreed to a major defense spending increase while leaving room for some alliance countries, including Spain, Belgium and Slovakia, to not hit the new spending goals ...

In 2018, a NATO summit during Trump’s first term unraveled due to a dispute over defense spending. Ahead of the meeting, Britain, France and Germany committed to the 5% goal.

In a five-point statement, NATO endorsed a higher defence spending goal of 5% of GDP by 2035 - a response not only to Trump but also to Europeans' fears that Russia poses a growing threat to their ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The head of the NATO military alliance warned Monday that no country could have an opt-out from a massive new hike in defense spending, and that progress they make toward ...

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praised President Trump’s commitment to the military alliance during a recent interview and said the president deserves credit for pushing the 32-nation members ...