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Swedish servicemen looks out of an armoured vehicle during a military exercises in Gotland, Sweden, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Burrows)

NATO allies’ war game tests response to Russia and to U.S. support

By Emma Burrows - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, centre foreground, attends a ceremony to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall inMoscow, Saturday, May 9, 2026, during celebrations of the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP)

Moscow marks Victory Day with a scaled down Red Square parade under tight security

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France's President Emmanuel Macron, from left, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney attend the European Political Community summit in Yerevan, Armenia, Monday May 4, 2026. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)

European leaders see Trump’s troop drawdown from Germany as new proof they must go it alone

By Mark Carlson and Lorne Cook - Associated Press

Iran, the United States of America and Western allies illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Trump must repair alliances to counter Iran’s long game

By Dan Perry

President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House, March 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump says that he’s is weighing reducing American troop presence in Germany after Iran feud

By Aamer Madhani and Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Minister of Finance and National Revenue, Francois-Philippe Champagne, make their way to the House of Commons before the tabling of the spring economic update, on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada will be the headquarters for a future NATO-linked financial institution, official says

By Rob Gillies - Associated Press

Belgium's Defense Minister Theo Francken arrives for a meeting of the National Security Council in Brussels, after recent drone sightings in Belgium, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) **FILE**

Belgium’s defense chief in Washington to help mend rift between U.S. and Europe

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Then-NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks during a press conference at the start of a NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham) ** FILE **

Ex-NATO chief Rasmussen says Europe shouldn’t rely on U.S., needs to rearm itself

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo, provided by the French Army on Monday, April 20, 2026, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet flies over the Baltic Sea. (Etat-Major des Armees via AP)

NATO pilots intercept Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center, walks for a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Iori Sagisawa/Pool Photo via AP)

Lavrov targets NATO as Europe readies for a reduced American role

By Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

FILE -Kosovo Security Forces parade during celebrations to mark the 18th anniversary of independence, in Pristina, Kosovo, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Laura Hasani, File)

Kosovo approves troop contribution for Gaza force

By Zana Cimili - Associated Press

The United States of America leaving NATO illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

U.S. must exit NATO

By Jed Babbin

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks at the Ronald Reagan Institute, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Rutte the ‘Trump whisperer’ faces a fresh test as the U.S. leader turns on NATO over Iran

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

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Letter to the editor: Today’s NATO is unrecognizable

George Clooney arrives at the 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

George Clooney calls Trump’s Iran threat a ‘war crime’

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) **FILE**

Ahead of meeting, Trump rips NATO for failing to come through for U.S. against Iran

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump is expected to meet NATO leader Rutte as he muses about pulling out of the military alliance

By Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, right, meets with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte during a meeting on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Trump says he’s considering pulling out of ‘paper tiger’ NATO

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

People watch a TV screen showing a live broadcast of U.S. President Donald Trump's speech at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Trump says it would be ‘intolerable’ for Iran to have nuclear weapons

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump threatens to leave NATO, touts Iran ceasefire

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times