The Latest Breaking News from NATO

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the Hague to show their discontent at NATO's climbing defence spending and a possible war with Iran, just days before the Dutch city hosts the decisive alliance summit.

NATO on Sunday signed off on a pledge to ramp up defence spending before its upcoming summit, but Madrid insisted it would not need to hit the five percent of GDP demanded by US President Donald Trump.

Hundreds of people are protesting against NATO and military spending and against a possible conflict with Iran, two days before a summit of the alliance in The Hague that is seeking to increase allies’ defense budgets

The two countries were set to hold annual security talks on 1 July

The European Union is working more closely with Turkey on defence, aiming to build military independence as fears grow over Russia and doubts linger about continued US support.

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s efforts to keep Harvard University from hosting international students

The media have been allowed inside the Atomic Weapons Establishment for the first time in a decade. Robert Fox takes a journey into the heart of Britain’s nuclear weapons programme - at a time of increased global tension

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will strengthen its deterrence capabilities so that no country would dare attack it

The success of a key NATO summit next week is hanging in the balance

Anthony Albanese, just back from the G7 and his cancelled meeting with Donald Trump, has abandoned the idea of going to next week’s NATO meeting in pursuit of face time with the elusive president.

A recently announced Pentagon review of the AUKUS pact has sparked a renewed bout of debate in Australia. Led by the “AUKUS-agnostic” US Undersecretary of Defense Elbridge Colby, the review raises serious questions over whether Australia will receive its US-made Virginia-class submarines on schedule from 2032.