Source link Twelve countries are yet to meet the pledge to spend 2% of their GDP on defense, the American ambassador to the US-led bloc Julianne Smith said on Monday. NATO set the two-percent goal in 2014, after the US-backed coup in Kiev touched off the Donbass conflict. All members were supposed to make the […]
Source link Russia, Iran, China, and North Korea are becoming increasingly aligned, Jens Stoltenberg has said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has warned that an “authoritarian” alliance of several defiant countries is getting stronger. He said that Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are becoming “more and more aligned,” representing a growing threat for the […]
Source link Malta, Luxembourg, and Hungary have reportedly warned against directing the proceeds generated by the frozen assets to Ukraine’s military An EU plan to use the profits generated by Russia’s frozen central bank assets to buy weapons for Ukraine has faced resistance from Malta, Luxembourg, and Hungary, Politico reported on Thursday, citing an EU […]
Source link President Andrzej Duda has argued that the Western military bloc should raise its spending guideline to at least 3% of GDP Polish President Andrzej Duda has revealed a major goal for his visit this week to Washington: persuading US leaders to back a higher spending requirement for NATO members to help intimidate Russia. […]
Source link Western allies are looking for “viable” options to expropriate the funds, US Treasury Secretary Yellen has said The US and its allies will keep seeking a “firm” legal rationale to underpin plans to confiscate frozen Russian assets, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Thursday. In an interview held shortly after a […]
Source link Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will step down in October, after his mandate was extended an extra year The United States, Britain and other major NATO members have said they would support Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the new leader of the military bloc, as the current secretary general prepares to end his […]
Source link Senator Lindsey Graham has agreed with former president Donald Trump’s recent statements US Senator Lindsey Graham has proposed the expulsion of countries from the US-led military bloc if their defense budget does not meet the bloc’s spending criteria, echoing a series of controversial statements recently voiced by former president Donald Trump. NATO investment […]
Source link Hungary’s Viktor Orban has argued that the bloc should stop being “weak” and start asserting its interests Russia does not take the EU seriously because the bloc is not assertive enough, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed. If Brussels can improve its standing, Moscow would consider negotiating with it on the Ukraine […]
Source link Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are demanding an immediate withdrawal from ECOWAS, rejecting a one-year notice period The military governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger failed to comply with the rules in their decision to withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the regional bloc said on Thursday, calling […]
Source link Western powers seek to sting Moscow with a thousand pinpricks as they push for all-out conflict As support for NATO’s proxy war against Russia in Ukraine shows signs of collapsing, hysterical anti-Russian rhetoric is accelerating to the point of countdowns towards all-out war. The year 2024, barely emerging from the cradle, is already […]
Source link Estonia announced on Friday that it intends to build hundreds of bunkers along its border with Russia. Fellow NATO members Latvia and Lithuania have signed on to the project as well. Defense ministers of the three Baltic states met in Riga and approved the construction of what they called “anti-mobility defensive installations” on […]
Source link The Western military bloc has agreed to bolster air defenses amid escalating Russian attacks in Ukraine NATO has announced plans to help Germany and several other member nations purchase as many as 1,000 Patriot missiles to bolster European air defenses as Russia ramps up airstrikes against Ukrainian cities. The Western military bloc’s Support […]
Source link A UN agency employee was among those who perished in one of the deadliest strikes of the ongoing war in Gaza More than 90 Palestinians, including 76 members of one extended family, have reportedly been killed in Israeli airstrikes that leveled two homes in Gaza, marking one of the deadliest bombardments in West […]
Source link Angola and Nigeria are reportedly demanding that the organization lets them produce more oil Two African members of the OPEC+ group of oil-producing countries, Angola and Nigeria, have defied the organization’s plans to cut output and demanded that their production quotas be raised, Reuters reported on Thursday. An ensuing dispute forced OPEC+ member […]