A higher defense spending target for NATO members is looking likely, as the alliance prepares for its big bang summit later in June. NATO defense ministers are meeting in Brussels on Thursday, ahead of a larger gathering on June 24-25, to discuss ramping ...

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany has met a NATO alliance target to spend 2% of its gross domestic product on defence for the first time since the early 1990s, a defence ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday, as spending ramped up after Russia's invasion of ...

BRUSSELS — NATO released data on Thursday showing that all its 32 members are projected to finally meet a longstanding goal of spending 2% of their overall economic output on defense this year, while only three meet a new goal set at 3.5% of GDP agreed ...

President Donald Trump, center, gestures as he walks off the podium after a group photo at a NATO leaders meeting at The Grove hotel and resort in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, Dec. 4, 2019. automation Former President Donald Trump has long been ...

Global military expenditures have increased every year for a decade, reaching a record $2.7 trillion in 2024. NATO allies are undertaking their largest defense spending expansion in history. Defense spending is increasingly flowing toward digital ...

One month after Ottawa announced what it called "generational" spending on Canada’s military and defence, including an extra $8.7 billion to be spent by the end of March to meet NATO's two per cent of gross domestic product spending this year,