President Donald Trump has confirmed that he secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month due to a possible threat. “I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different flight, different plane,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday. “I just have to do what
A Canadian woman of Chinese origin has been arrested for allegedly spying while working as an intern at the military headquarters of the Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) alliance, according to Belgian prosecutors. Belgium’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office said it was tipped off by Nato security services, which led to a raid of the suspect’s home
US President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of NATO and said he was “very” disappointed with Europe’s response to the US war against Iran. His requests for European support during the conflict were aimed at testing US allies, he told reporters during a meeting with Turkey’s president. “We didn’t need any help at all and
“Five thousand aircraft took off from European bases based on bilateral basing agreements in the first, in the six weeks between late February and mid-April, until a ceasefire came into force.” With NATO’s Nordic countries uncomfortably close to the huge cluster of Russian nuclear-armed submarine bases on the Kola Peninsula on Russia’s Arctic coast, Rutte
At the summit, Sir Keir is expected to underline the threat Russia poses to the UK and NATO. The government said NATO had sent fighter jets to intercept Russian aircraft approaching allied airspace more than 700 times and that Russian military activity in UK waters had increased by 30%. Sir Keir is expected to emphasize
Turkish police dressed in black on street corners, giant blue banners proclaiming “The Key to Peace” and a welcoming ceremony for Donald Trump. This may be a NATO summit, but this is the president of the United States for whom the metaphorical red carpet has been rolled out. Trump has made no secret of his