Trump pressures NATO allies to boost defense spending as experts describe a decades-long commitment gap between political promises and military capability.

Trump has ordered 5,000 troops out of Germany and threatened deeper cuts in Spain and Italy as NATO allies brace for a new era.

The U.S. Army in Europe this week launched a new training program aimed at putting NATO’s defense plans into action, replacing a five-year-old focus on large-scale troop movements. U.S. Army Europe and Africa kicked off Sword 26 on Monday with drills across eight countries.

By Michele Kambas and Ingrid Melander NICOSIA, April 24 (Reuters) - EU leaders have asked officials to prepare a blueprint for how the bloc's previously obscure mutual assistance clause would work, host Cyprus said at a summit on Friday,

President Donald Trump has confirmed the U.S. will withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, warning that further cuts across Europe could follow amid worsening tensions with NATO allies over the Iran war. While the Pentagon says overall U.S. forces in Europe ...

Military operations have impacted sections of a sprawling European fuel pipeline network at a time of supply pressures caused by the Iran war, according to a German service provider for the system.

By Lili Bayer BRUSSELS, April 23 (Reuters) - European Union leaders will discuss the bloc's mutual assistance clause at a summit in Cyprus on Thursday, as U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism of traditional allies raises concerns over his commitment to NATO at a time of growing insecurity.

European Union nations have a little-known obligation to protect one another. Experts caution it is no replacement for NATO.

The Continent is drawing up a contingency for greater European involvement as tensions rise over Iran war.

The German defense minister has responded to the U.S. plan to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, emphasizing the mutual benefits of the U.S. military presence in Europe