Category: NATO

Russia-Turkey Ties Come Under Strain After Return of Ukraine’s Azov Commanders

The Kremlin is seeking an explanation from Turkey regarding the latter’s recent decision to allow five Ukrainian Azov Battalion commanders to return to Kyiv in an apparent breach of an earlier prisoner-swap agreement. “The return of the Azov leaders violates an existing agreement,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on July 10. “We will discuss…


NTD News Today (July 11): House GOP Rolls Out ‘Election Integrity’ Bill; Nato Summit Begins as Turkey Okays Sweden Membership

A group of House Republicans has met in Atlanta to discuss federal voting law ahead of the 2024 elections. They’re introducing what they call America’s most conservative election integrity bill in over 20 years. President Joe Biden scores a diplomatic win. After intense lobbying by Western leaders, including by Mr. Biden, Turkey made a sudden…


LIVE 12 PM ET: NTD News Today (July 11): House GOP Rolls Out ‘Election Integrity’ Bill; Nato Summit Begins as Turkey Okays Sweden Membership

A group of House Republicans has met in Atlanta to discuss federal voting law ahead of the 2024 elections. They’re introducing what they call America’s most conservative election integrity bill in over 20 years. President Joe Biden scores a diplomatic win. After intense lobbying by Western leaders, including by Mr. Biden, Turkey made a sudden…


Biden to Move Forward With Sale of F-16 Jets to Turkey After Erdogan Greenlights Sweden’s NATO Bid

The United States will move forward with its plan to transfer F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, the White House said on July 11, shortly after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan withdrew his objection to Sweden joining NATO. “President [Joe] Biden has been clear and unequivocal for months that he supported the transfer of F-16s to Turkey,” U.S….


Canada Lags Behind Allies as NATO Plans to Increase Defence Spending Targets

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has made no secret of the fact that he wants more from member nations at this year’s leaders’ summit. Exactly how much more is still a matter for discussion, but the 31 states with NATO membership are expected to make a more ambitious pledge than they have to date. The agreed-upon…


Ottawa Must Boost Defence Spending to Meet NATO Targets, Support Canadian Troops, Say Tories

The Conservatives are calling on the government to increase defence spending to meet NATO’s target for all members and also to support the Canadian military, which is currently experiencing retention and recruitment woes. The call came as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Latvia ahead of the the NATO Leaders’ Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week….


Biden Hopes for ‘United’ Alliance as Crucial NATO Summit Begins in Lithuania

VILNIUS, Lithuania—U.S. President Joe Biden begins his meetings with world leaders on Tuesday at a “consequential” North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. “This is a historic moment,” Biden told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a meeting. “We’re looking for a continued united NATO,” Mr. Biden said, adding that Russian President Vladimir…


LIVE 7 AM ET: NTD Good Morning Shells July 11: $1 Trillion Debt Since Debt Limit Deal; Judge Denies DOJ Request in Social Media Censorship Case

$1 Trillion in five weeks. That’s how much debt has been added since President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to a debt limit deal last month. We have the details. Updates on a court decision in the Biden administration’s censorship case. A federal judge denies a request from the Department of Justice. Western…


NTD Good Morning (July 11): $1 Trillion in Debt Since Debt Limit Deal; Judge Denies DOJ Request in Social Media Censorship Case

$1 trillion in five weeks—that’s how much debt has been added since President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to a debt limit deal last month. We have the details. A federal judge has denied a request from the Department of Justice in the Biden administration’s censorship case. Western leaders are gathering at the…


Man Fatally Stabs 6 in Chinese Kindergarten

Six people were killed in a stabbing at a Chinese kindergarten. What’s behind the country’s recent series of attacks? Also on the schoolyard, war-training boot camps are finding their way into Chinese kindergartens this summer. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is vowing to end China’s Most Favored Nation Status, if he gets elected president. China’s leader…