It also co-ordinates military plans and carries out joint military exercises. Nato has 32 members across Europe and North America - the original 12 founders plus 20 countries which have joined since ...

European countries have ramped up defense budgets since Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022. And many leaders have ...

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that NATO member countries “were taking advantage” of the U.S. and should be paying more than double what they currently are required to pay for their ...

Officials from NATO countries said they agreed defence spending needs to rise further but did not endorse the 5% figure, which analysts said would be politically and economically impossible for ...