NATO chief Mark Rutte has proposed alliance members boost defence spending to 3.5% of GDP and commit a further 1.5% to ...

In April 1949, twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty, creating NATO—a military alliance designed to deter Soviet aggression and prevent the resurgence of militarism in Europe. Formed in ...

Amid the larger fight against Japan in the Pacific, U.S. and Australian troops stationed in Brisbane clashed violently during what came to be known as the Battle of Brisbane. Tensions over American ...

Australia's ruling Labor Party said on Monday it would raise visa fees for international students to A$2,000 ($1,279) if ...

For our deterrence strategy to be effective, we need to be much clearer about our ‘red lines’ for going to war.

Mark Rutte, NATO secretary-general “Australia has no interest in seeing ... Pacific and preventing China from providing even greater military assistance to Russia. But Rutte, despite the ...

It followed decades of NATO encroachment into Eastern Europe ... while completing the integration of the Australian military into the US war machine. Both are committed to spending hundreds ...

Worldwide military expenditure saw its steepest rise in 2024 since the end of the Cold War, reaching $2.7 trillion as wars ...

While NATO could not justify sending troops to Ukraine, they could and did send over $ ... South Korea 2.8 percent, Australia 2.1 percent and China somewhere between two and three percent. North Korea ...

Thousands of British troops have been deployed as part of a large-scale NATO mission amid growing ... and later missions in Japan and Australia. The Defence Secretary John Healey said: “As ...

The US wants NATO allies to increase military spending. NATO official US Navy Vice Admiral ... NATO has moved to boost ties with Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand - the so-called IP4 - in ...

Rutte said NATO is worried about China’s military exercises near Taiwan and ... NATO has stepped up its ties with Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, known as the IP4, in recent ...