Part of the agreement involves a commitment to buy American oil and gas. Over the course of the Russia-Ukraine war, now in ...

Spain is not the only sceptic among NATO’s ranks. Slovakia, while less vocal, has also expressed ambiguity towards the 5% threshold. President Peter Pellegrini formally backed the target in The Hague, ...

NATO's commitment to spend five percent of GDP on defense by 2035 was meant to unify the alliance, but it's revealing ...

Rutte will be in Washington on Monday and Tuesday and plans to hold talks with Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as well as members of Congress.

The Dutch branded their former PM Mr Teflon. But the world won’t forget that he called the US president ‘daddy’ ...

Trump agrees to sell billions in US arms to NATO countries including Germany, Finland and Denmark and others for quick distribution to Ukraine, following his ultimatum to Putin on peace talks.

During the actual summit, Rutte went on to call Trump “Daddy” as Trump likened Israel and Iran to fighting schoolchildren. “Daddy has to sometimes use strong language,” the NATO chief said.

Every once in a while, you have to use a certain word.” But Rutte’s cuddly nickname for Trump raised eyebrows around the world and the NATO chief was forced to quickly walk it back.

Rutte on Wednesday attempted to clarify the new nickname, saying that he doesn’t consider Trump “daddy.” “The daddy thing, I didn’t call him ‘daddy,’” Rutte later told reporters.

Daddy’s home! The White House had fun with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte calling President Trump “Daddy” — sharing a now-viral video of Trump returning to the US to a soundtrack of ...

It was the “bromance” between President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that ultimately threatened to steal NATO’s limelight.