NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte was in Rome on Thursday where he will attend the "Weimar Plus” ministerial meeting on Ukraine and EU security. France 24's correspondent Seema Gupta has the latest.

The war in Ukraine and the existential threat that Russia poses to European security has topped NATO’s agenda in each of its summits since 2022.

Rutte pointed out that Russia has sent a historian to talks in Istanbul twice, who begins discussions by referencing events from 1,000 years ago and suggesting Ukraine is responsible for the conflict.

The Ukraine war won't end until NATO withdraws troops from the Baltics, a top Russian official has warned. Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister responsible for U.S. relations, nonproliferation and arms control, made the remarks in an interview with state-run news agency Tass.

VLADIMIR Putin has his evil eyes set on invading Nato with his invasion of Ukraine only just the beginning, Germany’s spy boss has warned. Bruno Kahl, head of Berlin’s Federal

Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė warns the world is under attack from a “new axis” of Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs may have put an end to the Bank of Japan's rate-hike cycle, with the chance of further interest rate increases fading fast due to the expected hit to exports, former BOJ policymaker Takako Masai said on Thursday.

Drones are all over the battlefield in Ukraine, prompting NATO militaries to reexamine how they train for future wars.

One of the arguments against Ukraine's accession to the EU put forward by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was that it should not happen before Ukraine joins NATO, which, in his opinion, would mean dragging the Alliance into a war and is therefore impossible.

LONDON (AP) — NATO members need to increase their air and missile defenses by 400% to counter the threat from Russia, the head of the military alliance said Monday, warning that Moscow could be ready to attack it within five years.

A one-page draft of a joint declaration for the upcoming NATO summit omits Ukraine's membership aspirations and last year's pledge of over $40 billion in support, Bloomberg reported on June 11 after reviewing the draft.