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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told NATO members Thursday to stop relying on U.S. taxpayer dollars and agree a deal on increasing military spending that could satisfy President Donald Trump at a summit this month.

NATO clarified comments that suggested four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania had died, saying the search continued.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s openness to a ceasefire proposal negotiated by the United States is “very promising.”

A prominent Ukrainian lawmaker declared it was “absolute idiocy” for President Volodymyr Zelensky to openly argue with U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the world during their Oval Office meeting on Friday.

Rutte warned on Thursday that a Russian victory over Ukraine would undermine the dissuasive force of the world´s biggest military alliance.

NATO moved Friday to enhance its naval presence in the Baltic Sea as Estonia’s navy began patrolling an undersea cable supplying energy from Finland.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has developed a habit of biting the hand that feeds, the NATO Secretary General cautions.

Paying for a military instead of social security may be painful, but preventing war is considerably cheaper than fighting one NATO boss says.

The United States may face a “dire threat” from burgeoning cooperation between adversaries such as China, Iran, and North Korea if it strikes a favourable peace deal for Russia in Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned incoming President Donald Trump.

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said on Wednesday that North Korean troops sent to Russia as mercenaries have moved to the frontlines in Kursk over the past two weeks and are “already engaging in combat” against Ukrainian forces.

In 2016 European leaders felt free to insult Trump, but caution now seems to rule where a second Presidency looks eminently possible.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte NATO confirmed recent reports that some North Korean military units were already in the Kursk region.

NATO’s Rutte warns of a “serious escalation” if North Korean troops reinforce Russia’s invasion force in Ukraine.

President Zelensky wants NATO to deploy a “comprehensive” deterrent so powerful it would prevent Russia from being able to fight any further.

A top globalist politician once hailed as the “Trump whisperer” says he foresees a good relationship with whoever wins the U.S. elections.

Ukraine’s Zelensky embraced UK PM Sir Keir in a hug before hours-long talks on the ‘Victory Plan’ and military support in London on Thursday.

New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte visited Ukraine on Thursday in his first official trip since taking office, pledging continued support.

Outgoing Dutch PM Mark Rutte, so spectacularly rejected by his own voters, has been confirmed as the next Secretary General of NATO.

Dutch to get some of the toughest border control in the Western World as anti-Islamification populist Geert Wilders makes govt breakthrough.

Turkey has told its NATO allies it will back outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte´s candidacy for the alliance’s next secretary-general.

Former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt said Republicans who voted against the $61 billion to fund the war in Ukraine are “traitors”.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told visiting Dutch PM Mark Rutte that attempts to restrict China’s access to technology will not stop it’s rise.

Over three months since the Netherlands sensationally swung towards right-populist firebrand Wilders the country is still without a new govt.

D.C. and London support “Trump Whisperer” Mark Rutte for next Secretary General, so the globalist politician may yet fall upward.

Could a new populist-right government rule a major European state? Here’s your complete guide to the how and who of the coming weeks.

Anti-Islamification populist Wilders is polled to come first in today’s national elections, but former a government may prove more difficult.

Forum for Democracy party leader Thierry Baudet was hospitalised on Monday after he was hit in the head with a glass bottle in Groningen.

Geert Wilders hailed a poll that put his anti-mass migration party tied for first place in next week’s general election as a “game changer”.

Leaders across Europe were quick to condemn what is being described as an “unprecedented” attack on Israel by Hamas militants.

The Dutch pro-farmer party selected a former minister who was fired for opposing to coronavirus passports as its candidate for prime minister.

A battle over the future of Dutch farming will be waged at the ballot box, with green agenda architecht Frans Timmermans entering the race.

President Volodymyr Zelenksy claimed the Netherlands will send all its F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine after meeting Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Polling puts a left-wing alliance in first place in the upcoming Dutch elections, opening the door to a leftist coalition government.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni led negotiations that saw a migrant deal struck between the European Union and Tunisia.

Italy is on pace to see a record number of illegal boat migrants land on its shores as landings surged by 150 per cent.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced he will not seek re-election after threats emerged of a vote of no-confidence to push him out of office.