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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, speaks to a member of staff during a visit to the BAE Systems'Govan facility, in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday June 2, 2025. (Andy Buchanan, Pool Photo via AP)

Britain is getting a defense boost aimed at sending a message to Moscow, and to Trump

By Jill Lawless and Pan Pylas - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Russian and Ukrainian delegations attend talks at the Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, June 2, 2025. (Ukrainian Ministry of Defense via AP)

Ukraine and Russia hold peace talks but make no breakthrough after major attacks

By Mehmet Guzel - Associated Press

Calin Georgescu, the winner of the first round of last year's annulled election, arrives at a prosecutor's office in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Calin Georgescu, front-runner in Romania’s canceled election, announces his withdrawal from politics

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, second from right, speaks during a panel discussion with High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian Schmidt, left, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia Gordan Grlic-Radman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Elmedin Konakovic and former U.S. Ambassador to Croatia Peter Galbraith as part of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Dayton, Ohio, on Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)

At commemoration of Dayton Peace Accords, NATO leader urges military spending to counter Russia

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Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis signs bilateral agreements next to Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, during their meeting in Athens, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek prime minister: Meeting Trump’s 5% NATO spending goal will be difficult

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a speech at a formal inauguration of a German brigade for NATO's eastern flank in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits Lithuania to oversee deployment of heavy combat unit

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Friedrich Merz delivers his first speech as German Chancellor in the parliament in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Chancellor Merz: Germany should have the biggest army in Europe

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Presidential candidate George Simion casts his vote next to his wife Ilinca in the second round of the country's presidential election redo in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romanians vote in a tense presidential runoff that pits nationalist against pro-EU centrist

By Stephen McGrath and Justin Spike - Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks to journalists as he arrives at Esenboga airport in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy arrives in Turkey for peace talks, but Russia’s Putin is absent

By Mehmet Guzel, Hanna Argirova and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte talks to journalists as he arrives for NATO's informal meeting of foreign ministers in Antalya, southern Turkey, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

NATO weighs U.S. demand to massively hike defense spending as some struggle to meet the current goal

By Matthew Lee, Lorne Cook and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Dovile Sakaliene presents the draft Law "On the Denunciation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction" to the members of the Seimas in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Lithuanian defense chief says NATO’s spending aim should be 5%

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, right, participate in a wreath laying ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of Germany's accession to NATO at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

‘You can count on us.’ German president marks 70 years of NATO membership with pledge for future

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a press conference at the Spanish Embassy in Beijing Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Spain aims to boost defense spending to meet NATO goal

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

U.S. Army Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli speaks during the annual Folk och Försvar Conference (Society and Defence Conference) in Salen, Sweden, Jan. 9, 2023. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP, FILE)

Republicans, Democrats on Hill weigh in against reducing U.S. troop levels in Europe

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte speaks at a news conference during his visit to Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo Tuesday April 8, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan says it wants to join a NATO command for the support of Ukraine

By Mari Yamaguchi and Mayuko Ono - Associated Press

Kicking Turkey out of NATO illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Throw Turkey out of NATO

By Jed Babbin

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, third left, attends a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in foreign ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Europe and Canada say they’ll spend more on defense, but are cool on U.S. demands

By Lorne Cook and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Rescuers carry the body of a killed resident following Russia's drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, late Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov)

Britain and France accuse Russia’s Putin of delaying Ukraine ceasefire efforts

By Lorne Cook and Illia Novikov - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, right, and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio address the media during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Rubio tries to reassure wary allies of U.S. commitment to NATO as Trump sends mixed signals

By Matthew Lee and Lorne Cook - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, left, poses with counterparts during a group photo of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters Brussels, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Rubio tries to reassure wary allies of U.S. commitment to NATO as Trump sends mixed signals

By MATTHEW LEE and LORNE COOK - Associated Press