Tag: nato
PM Sunak: UK to spend 2.5% of GDP on defence by 2030
PM Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday he would lift defence spending to 2.5% of GDP to reach 87 billion pounds ($108bn) a year by 2030,…
Rishi Sunak lays out ‘generational’ plan to hike UK’s defence spending
LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday announced what he characterised as the biggest strengthening of Britain’s national defence in a generation to meet the…
‘Asian Nato’: How Aukus expansion could checkmate China in Indo-Pacific
NEW DELHI: Launched in 2021, the Aukus pact, designed to support Australia’s acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines and foster cooperation in emerging technologies, may soon expand…
Nato’s secretary general meets with Zelenskyy to discuss ‘ending Russia’s aggression’
KYIV: Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the status of the war and needs of troops on Thursday, the day…
UK scrambles jets to intercept Russian bombers north of Scotland
UK jets were scrambled Monday morning to respond to two Russian bombers flying north of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, Britain’s defence ministry said in…
Lithuania: Russians, Belarusians national risk: Lithuania
Lithuania declared more than a thousand citizens of Russia and Belarus living in the country to be threats to national security on Friday and said…
Russia planning to hit Nato’s ‘soft underbelly’: Report
NEW DELHI: Russia may be making plans to use Wagner’s mercenary troops stationed in Belarus to launch an offensive on Nato‘s ‘weakest link’ — a…
Spain: Spain vote may change govt, but not foreign policy
MADRID: From defending Spain‘s interests within the EU to its tortuous relations with Morocco, there will be no shortage of foreign policy challenges for right-wing…
South Korea President Yoon makes surprise visit to Ukraine
SEOUL: South Korea‘s President Yoon Suk Yeol was visiting Ukraine for the first time on Saturday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Yonhap news agency…
Sweden’s Supreme Court blocks extradition of two wanted by Turkey
STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s Supreme Court said Thursday it was blocking the extradition of two people wanted by Turkey for involvement in the so-called Gulen movement, a…