NATO allies have started cobbling together an agreement to significantly boost defense spending in a way that may assuage US President Donald Trump’s demand to spend 5% of economic output on the military.

The investigations focus on possible irregularities in awarding NATO contracts to defence contractors for equipment such as ammunition and drones, notably the possible passing-on of confidential information by employees of the Luxembourg-based NATO Support & Procurement Agency (NSPA) to defence contractors.

The Trump administration wants to hear this week how NATO’s European member countries and Canada plan to boost defense investment to 5% of gross domestic product, new U.S. envoy Matthew Whitaker said Tuesday.

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) allies have started cobbling together an agreement to significantly boost defence spending in a way that may assuage US President Donald Trump's demand to spend 5% of economic output on the military.

NATO's outdated digital systems could put lives at risk, a new report warns. Experts say U.S. leadership is key to fixing cloud security and data sharing.

The top U.S. general is making his debut this week at NATO headquarters in Brussels, where defense chiefs are preparing for a leader summit in June that is expected to focus on deterrence and spending.

A two-day informal summit of NATO foreign ministers starts today in Belek, Antalya province, in southern Turkey. — Ukrinform.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has proposed that alliance members meet higher targets for defence spending by 2032, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Friday.

A third group of panelists has been announced for the upcoming NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) public forum panels taking place May 22-25 at the University of Dayton’s Roger Glass Center.

Ukraine's former top military commander, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, has warned that NATO's warfare model is outdated and needs a major overhaul.