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Finland to place NATO base near Russian border

HELSINKI, Sept 27: Finland will place a key NATO base less than 200 kilometers (125 miles) from its border with ...

Alert at NATO base in Germany was due to drone threat, source says

BERLIN, Aug 26: Last week's alert at a NATO base in Germany housing the Western alliance's fleet of AWACS surveillance ...

German entry into UN monitoring force is a bid to create Asian NATO - North Korea

SEOUL, Aug 6: North Korea said Germany's entry into a U.S.-led U.N. border monitoring force on the Korean peninsula would ...

NATO as the Major Source of Military Threats for Russia

H.E. Mr Alexander Mantytskiy

On July 9-11, Washington will host a NATO summit marking the 75th anniversary of the Alliance. According to its organizers, ...

Turkey will not approve NATO attempts to cooperate with Israel: Erdogan

ISTANBUL, July 12: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it is not possible for NATO to continue its partnership ...

Turkey's Erdogan warns against NATO-Russia conflict

Observer online desk

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday against conflict between NATO and Russia, telling an alliance summit aimed at bolstering ...

NATO boosts Asia ties in face of China, Zelensky attends

WASHINGTON, July 11: NATO leaders on Thursday looked to bolster ties with Asian partners after slamming China as a "decisive ...

Erdogan warns against NATO-Russia conflict

ISTANBUL, July 11: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that any possibility of a direct confrontation between Russia and ...

China warns NATO against provoking confrontation over Russia ties

BEIJING, July 11: China on Thursday warned NATO against "provoking confrontation" over its ties with Russia, after the alliance accused ...

Spain PM at NATO summit rejects double standards on Gaza

WASHINGTON, July 11: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday urged the West to reject "double standards" regarding the conflict ...

Ukraine will stop Putin, Biden tells NATO in forceful speech

WASHINGTON, July 10: US President Joe Biden pledged to forcefully defend Ukraine against Russias invasion at the NATO summit in ...

Japan must strengthen NATO ties to safeguard global peace: Kishida

TOKYO, July 9: Russias deepening military cooperation with North Korea has underlined the need for Japan to forge closer ties ...

Kremlin says will follow NATO summit closely

MOSCOW, July 9: A Kremlin spokesman on Tuesday said that Russia will follow closely a NATO summit about to open ...

NATO meets in Washington as questions swirl over Bidens future

WASHINGTON, July 9: NATO leaders gather Tuesday in Washington for a summit aimed at showing resolve against Russia and support ...

NATO names Dutch PM Rutte as next boss

BRUSSELS, June 26: NATOs 32 nations on Wednesday appointed outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the alliances next head, ...

NATO appoints Dutch PM Rutte as next boss

Observer Online Desk

NATO's 32 nations on Wednesday appointed departing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the alliance's next head, at a vital ...

Rutte seals NATO top job after lone rival drops out

BUCHAREST, June 20: Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Thursday clinched the race to become the next head of ...

Biden, Zelenskiy inch toward NATO with 10-year defense agreement

Russia says US-Ukraine security deal just pieces of paper

BORGO EGNAZIA, June 14: US President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement on ...

NATO says over 300,000 troops now on high readiness

BRUSSELS, June 13: NATO countries have "comfortably exceeded" a target of placing 300,000 troops on high-readiness as the alliance grapples ...

NATO chief says no immediate military threat against alliance

STOCKHOLM, June 7: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that there were "no immediate military threat" against any member ...

'NATO has no plans for troop deployment to Ukraine'

Observer Online Report

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that NATO has no plans to deploy ...

Russia has no imperial ambitions, does not plan to attack NATO: Putin

SAINT PETERSBURG, June 6: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday told a meeting of foreign news outlets that Moscow harbours no ...

NATO meets as pressure grows to let Ukraine hit Russia

PRAGUE, May 30: NATO foreign ministers gathered in Prague on Thursday in the face of growing calls for leading allies ...

Putin threatens smaller NATO countries with military retaliation

Observer Online Desk

"Representatives of NATO countries, especially in Europe, especially small countries, should realise what they are playing at," Vladimir Putin has ...

Cameron urges NATO countries to boost defence spending

LONDON, May 9: UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Thursday urged NATO partners to soon start spending 2.5 percent of ...

Xi warns against smearing China over Ukraine, criticises NATO

PARIS, May 7: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday warned against smearing China over the Ukraine conflict, insisting that Beijing ...

NATO drills show it is preparing for potential conflict with Russia, Moscow says

MOSCOW, May 4: NATOs four-month long military exercises near Russias borders, known as Steadfast Defender, are proof the alliance is ...

NATO chief says 'not too late' for Ukraine to win war

Observer Online Desk

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Monday it was "not too late" for Ukraine to win the war, agreeing with President ...

NATO chief, on unannounced Kyiv visit, says arms flows to Ukraine will increase

KYIV, Apr 29: NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg told Ukrainians on Monday that his alliances members had failed to live up ...

New Zealand eyes NATO deal amid security rethink

WELLINGTON, Apr 5: New Zealand on Friday said it was ready to sign a new cooperation deal with NATO, as ...