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NATO countries have been promising to spend more money on defense for many years.In 2006, the defense ministers of NATO adopted a vague guideline suggesting that every NATO country spend 2 percent...

Britain sent long-range “Storm Shadow” cruise missiles to Ukraine in May. And France pledged a shipment of the same missiles, which it calls SCALPs, as NATO leaders gathered in Lithuania on Tuesday.But...

While Europe and the United States were trying to isolate Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey referred to Russia’s president as “my friend.” While NATO leaders...

NATO declared on Tuesday that Ukraine would be invited to join the alliance, but did not say how or when, disappointing its president but reflecting the resolve by President Biden and other...

A bottle of syrup made from Siberian berries, legions of dirty socks and a military-issued tea bag stamped with “For Victory!”For Ukrainian soldiers, one advantage of achieving at least creeping advances in...

The conveyor belt was ready, the empty bottles were stacked and the machinery was about to splutter into life. But one more step was needed before any beer bottling could get underway.That...

A weekend of heavy rains and flooding has left destruction across large swaths of northern India, killing at least 49 people and causing landslides and flash floods that washed away bridges and...

A former Catholic priest in Louisiana who preyed on 17 men who were intoxicated or needed help, drugging and photographing them — and sexually assaulting at least a dozen of them —...

ISTANBUL — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said on Monday that the European Union should open the way for Turkey to join the bloc before Turkey allows Sweden to join NATO,...

In this corner of Norway’s far north, just five miles from the border with Russia, road signs give directions in Norwegian and Russian. Locals are used to crossing from one country to...