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Forensic investigators examine the location of impact after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, eastern Romania on May 29, 2026, the latest spillover into neighboring states from the four-year war in Ukraine. (Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP)
May 29, 2026, 10:58 am
Russian drone injures 2 in Romania, sparking outcry by EU and NATO members
European Commission head says Russia ‘crossed yet another line,’ as allies worry about Kremlin’s war with Ukraine spilling over borders
By George Calin, Luiza Ilie and Jekaterina Golubkova
US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Alex Brandon/AP)
May 20, 2026, 3:18 pm
Trump says Netanyahu will ‘do whatever I want’ on Iran after pair said to hold tense call
Revolutionary Guard says its ‘devastating blows will crush’ its ‘American-Zionist enemy’ if Trump resumes strikes, as Pakistani interior minister back in Iran for talks
By Agencies, Nava Freiberg and Jacob Magid
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives for a meeting of the European Political Community in Yerevan, Armenia, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Anthony Pizzoferrato)
May 4, 2026, 11:16 am
Europe seeks to ‘take charge’ of its own defense as US to cut presence of troops
EU foreign policy chief says timing of Trump’s decision to pull forces from Germany was surprise, while NATO chief acknowledges US disappointment with European reaction to Iran war
By MARK CARLSON and LORNE COOK
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Miami International Airport, in Miami, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
May 3, 2026, 9:22 am
Trump says US to withdraw significantly more than 5,000 troops from Germany
‘We’re going to cut way down,’ US president says, amid rift with NATO over Iran war; troop pullout plan faces bipartisan resistance
By Kirsten Grieshaber, Emma Burrows and AAMER MADHANI
US President Donald Trump meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on March 3, 2026. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
May 2, 2026, 4:25 pm
NATO seeks clarity as US to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany amid rift with Europe
Trump says he is considering pulling US troops from Italy and Spain as well, due to their opposition to the war against Iran; NATO says it shows Europe’s need to invest in defense
By W.G. Dunlop
US Vice President JD Vance visits with service members during a refueling stop at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 24, 2025. (Kenny Holston/Pool Photo via AP)
May 2, 2026, 3:28 am
US pulling 5,000 troops from Germany amid spat with Trump over Iran war
Senior Pentagon official says German rhetoric against Washington’s policy ‘inappropriate and unhelpful’; withdrawal to be completed within 6-12 months
By Reuters
A Spanish Navy unit takes part in the NATO Dynamic Mariner/Flotex-25 naval exercise in Barbate, southern Spain, on March 28, 2025. (AP/Bernat Armangue)
April 24, 2026, 11:04 am
Pentagon said to float ways US can punish NATO allies for not helping fight Iran
Internal email considers suspending Spain — though it’s unclear how — and reviewing position on UK’s claim to Falkland Islands; Spain’s Sanchez: ‘We do not work with emails’
By Agencies
US President Donald Trump looks on as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine, right, speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, April 6, 2026. (Kent Nishimura / AFP)
April 8, 2026, 9:36 am
How Trump went from threatening Iran’s annihilation to reaching a truce within a day
Analysts say US president was deterred by prospect of indefinite operation to forcibly lift blockade of the Hormuz strait, note he has history of backing down from maximalist demands
By AAMER MADHANI, Will Weissert and Josh Boak
US President Donald Trump pauses as he finishes speaking about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)
April 3, 2026, 9:54 am
Trump’s ire at NATO leaves European partners bracing for potential US exit
American president stopped short of condemning alliance in recent speech, but tensions over potential Strait of Hormuz operations have officials fearing gap no longer bridgeable
By Gram Slattery, Andrea Shalal, Andrew Gray and John Irish
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and his wife Brigitte Macron arrive at the Seoul airport in Seongnam, South Korea,, April 2, 2026. (Lee Jin-man/AP); US President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026, in Washington. (Alex Brandon, Pool/AP)
April 2, 2026, 8:14 pm
Macron scoffs at Trump’s mockery of his marriage, says it ‘doesn’t merit a response’
After US president jokes that his French counterpart’s wife ‘treats him extremely badly,’ Macron urges focus on important matters like Iran: ‘This isn’t a show’
By AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks at the end of the NATO summit, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
April 1, 2026, 3:07 pm
Trump says seriously weighing bolting NATO over allies’ failure to join Iran war
US president casts alliance as ‘paper tiger,’ notes US came to Ukraine’s defense while Europeans ‘weren’t there for us’; Starmer defends alliance as greatest ‘world has ever seen’
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
A picture taken from the Turkish Navy drone-carrying amphibious assault ship, TCG ANADOLU (L-400) shows a helicopter flying over the USS destroyer Roosevelt (L) and the USS command and control ship Mount Whitney during NATO's premier enhanced Vigilance Activity (eVA) Neptune Strike 2025-3 in the Adriatic Sea on September 24, 2025. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP)
March 9, 2026, 4:25 pm
NATO downs second Iranian missile over Turkey; Erdogan says Iran has been warned
Missile falls in empty fields in Gaziantep, between airbase used by the US and NATO radar base
By Tuvan Gumrukcu
A picture taken from a Turkish Navy drone-carrying amphibious assault ship, shows a Turkish Frigate and an Italian vessel during a NATO exercise in the Adriatic Sea on September 24, 2025. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
March 4, 2026, 4:31 pm
Iranian missile downed as it heads towards NATO member Turkey
Multi-national military alliance condemns ‘targeting’ of member state; Ankara warns it will take ‘all necessary steps’ to defend its territory
By Agencies and ToI Staff
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz leaves after delivering a speech on Foreign policy at the Bundestag, on January 29, 2026, in Berlin. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
January 29, 2026, 12:26 pm
Germany’s Merz says rules-based world not dead despite facing ‘rough winds’
Chancellor advocates bolstering NATO in Europe while maintaining links to US, after standoff over Greenland and amid Russian war on Ukraine
By Agencies
The coffins of seven British soldiers killed in Afghanistan, are driven through the town of Wootton Bassett, England, after repatriation to Britain, Tuesday, June 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)
January 23, 2026, 7:23 pm
UK’s Starmer urges Trump to apologize for ‘appalling’ remarks that NATO allies shirked battle
Fury mounts after US president falsely says that NATO allies — who lost hundreds of soldiers — stayed away from the front line during the war in Afghanistan
By Pan Pylas
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