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Applause rang out in the auditorium saving the elderly statesman from further blushes as he hung the gong around the neck of Mr Stoltenberg. Mr Biden has been straining to persuade voters and ...

Mr Stoltenberg issued his appeal at yesterday's launch of NATO's annual report, which showed that 11 countries are now ...

"This this cannot work in the long run," Mr Stoltenberg told BBC News during a visit to Washington DC. In the wide ranging interview, Mr Stoltenberg also addressed nuclear weapons and defence ...

While Canada’s spending on defence is less than 2 per cent, no NATO member spends as much as what Trump is requesting ...

Mr Stoltenberg’s decade in charge at Nato will end later this year, with former Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte taking ...

Mr Stoltenberg’s warnings come after the G7 sharply criticised China and Russia in a communique last week that called on Beijing to stop supplying weapons technology to Moscow and opposed China ...

At a joint appearance with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg at a military base in the Polish capital, Mr Sunak said the UK defence budget will increase immediately and then rise steadily to reach £ ...