The Latest Breaking News from NATO

The trade minister and former defence secretary surged ahead of Foreign Secretary Liz Truss after the first round of voting by Tory MPs.

It’s easy to understand New Zealand’s motivation for securing a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU). What’s less apparent is why the EU chose to pursue the agreement with a small and distant country, currently ranked its 50th most important trading partner.

In the epic heat of the Ukraine summer, the battle for Donbas — and maybe the outcome of the entire ground war this year — is at a pivotal stage. The Ukrainians have staged a tactical withdrawal from the last cities in Luhansk to “straighten the line”, establishing a narrower…

The leadership contender promised to increase defence spending, saying “security always comes before spreadsheets”.

Russia is committed to commissioning the Sarmat missile with the country’s strategic rocket forces by the end of the year, dubbed as Satan-2, with the weapon already in mass production

A BBC investigation has alleged that British special forces killed dozens of detainees in suspicious circumstances during counter-insurgency operations in Afghanistan

Almost as soon as the Ukraine war broke out, Finland, which shares a border with Russia, embraced the Western alliance.

While G20 foreign ministers were meeting in Bali, Indonesia, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, threatened further escalation in his war against Ukraine, announcing to the world that “by and large, we have not started anything in earnest yet”. What he meant became quickly clear when a missile attack hit an…

Latvia’s president says he supports a plan to reinstate national conscription for men, and for women on a voluntary basis