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Chairman of Demokraatit, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, center, hugs supporters during the election party at Demokraatit by cafe Killut in Nuuk, early Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Greenland political parties join together against Trump comments about annexing the island

All five parties in Greenland’s parliament have issued a joint statement on Friday rejecting President Donald Trump’s latest effort to take control of the strategic Arctic island.
 
Soldiers from Belgium and Luxembourg line up as they prepare to board a military transport plane at Melsbroek Military Airport in Melsbroek, Belgium, July 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Europe’s military personnel shortfalls exposed as Trump warns US security priorities lie elsewhere

 
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte waves to the members of the media prior to the start of his meeting with the members of the Bosnian Presidency in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

NATO secretary-general tells Trump he’s motivating alliance members to spend more on defense

 
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko following their talks at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin agrees in principle with proposal for Ukraine ceasefire and says more discussions are needed

 
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio during the G7 meeting of foreign ministers in Charlevoix, Quebec, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)

Top diplomats from G7 countries meet in Canada as Trump threatens more tariffs on US allies

 

Trump says the US is ‘getting good signals’ from Russia about a ceasefire proposal with Ukraine

President Donald Trump said Thursday there have been “good signals” coming out of Russia regarding a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine and he urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “do the right thing” for “humanity.”
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EU leaders to hold emergency Ukraine talks, seeking to adapt without US | AP Explains

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Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik, center, speaks during a news conference with Prime Minister Radovan Viskovic, left, and Parliament Speaker Nenad Stevandic after Bosnian prosecutors ordered the detention of three top Bosnian Serb officials over a series of separatist actions, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Bosnia prosecutor seeks detention of separatist Serb leaders amid mounting tensions

 
Chairman of Demokraatit, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, center, hugs supporters during the election party at Demokraatit by cafe Killut in Nuuk, early Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Greenland’s election winners push back against Trump’s wish to take control of the island

 
El secretario general de la OTAN, Mark Rutte, durante una conferencia de prensa conjunta con los miembros de la presidencia bosnia en Sarajevo, Bosnia, el lunes 10 de marzo de 2025. (AP Foto/Armin Durgut)

NATO chief assures Western Balkans of alliance support and urges flexibility in Kosovo, Serbia talks

 
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks to the media during a joint news conference with the members of the Bosnian Presidency in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

NATO chief vows ‘unwavering’ support for Bosnia’s integrity after Serb separatist actions

 
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference on the defense package at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU leaders to hold emergency Ukraine talks, seeking to adapt to new security demands without the US

 
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference on the defense package at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU ponders 800 billion euro plan to beef up defenses to counter possible US disengagement

 
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the European leaders' summit to discuss Ukraine, at Lancaster House, London, Sunday March 2, 2025. (Justin Tallis/Pool via AP)

Britain’s Starmer says Europe must take responsibility for defending itself

 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pauses during a interview with Bret Baier during a taping of FOX News Channel's Special Report with Bret Baier in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The Latest: Most European leaders back Zelenskyy as he joins crisis talks in London

 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hands over the flag of a military unit on the occasion of the Air Forces Day against the background of Ukraine's Air Force's F-16 fighter jets in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, on Aug. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

The EU beat COVID and ditched Russian energy. Now it must learn to live without US security help

 
President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Ukraine and Europe worry about being sidelined as Trump pushes direct talks with Russia on war’s end

 
Alexander Stubb, President of Finland speaks as part of a panel discussion during the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Europe tries to muscle up as US plots mediation to help end Russia’s war in Ukraine

 
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, and other dignitaries, attend an international ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Europe quietly works on a plan to send troops to Ukraine for post-war security

 
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, front left, and Britain's Defense Secretary John Healey, front second left, pose with other ministers during a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

NATO is in disarray after the US announces that its security priorities lie elsewhere

 
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, speaks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, center, and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Christopher Cavoli during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in defense ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

NATO allies insist Ukraine and Europe must be in peace talks as Trump touts Putin meeting

 
Air Defense Missile Group 24 begins moving the first two of three committed Patriot air defense missile squadrons from Germany to Poland in Gnoien, Germany, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (Bernd Wüstneck/dpa via AP, File)

An EU fund to help troops move quickly is too small and poorly managed, auditors say

 
Jens Stoltenberg, the new Minister of Finance in Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre's new government looks on as they are presented, in Oslo, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg returns to government in Norway as finance minister

 
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, Pool)

Britain’s Starmer seeks strong ties with both the EU and Donald Trump. That could be tricky

 
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen gives a statement ahead of a summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries in Helsinki, Finland, Jan. 14, 2025. (Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva via AP)

Danish leader on European tour as Copenhagen moves to strengthen presence around Greenland

 
Pilot Lt. Terry (surname withheld by the French military) inspects the wheels of a French Navy Atlantique 2 surveillance plane before its takeoff from Hamburg, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, on a NATO patrol over the Baltic Sea as part of the military's alliance "Baltic Sentry" mission to protect undersea cables and pipelines from sabotage. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

At least 11 Baltic cables have been damaged in 15 months, prompting NATO to up its guard

 
U.S. president Donald Trump is seen on a screen during his virtual speech at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Davos 2025: Trump leaves an impression with his video address to the World Economic Forum

 
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte arrives at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

NATO chief says Russian victory over Ukraine would have a costly impact on alliance’s credibility

 
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrives to deliver his speech during the presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency, at the European Parliament, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)

EU needs to end its military dependency on the US and arm itself ‘to survive,’ says Tusk

 

Dutch court orders government to meet pollution reduction targets or face millions in fines

 
Estonian naval ships sail in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, as part of stepped-up NATO patrols in the region following suspected sabotage of undersea cables. (AP Photo/Hendrik Osula)

NATO announces a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region

 
Finnish Coast Guard stopped a small boat which tried to reach the Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S anchored near the Kilpilahti port in Porvoo, on the Gulf of Finland, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finnish investigators find an anchor drag mark on the Baltic seabed after suspicious cable damage

 
Finnish President Alexander Stubb meets with media to make comments on the Finland-Estonia electrical link Estlink cable disruption, at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Friday Dec. 27, 2024. (Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva via AP)

NATO will step up Baltic Sea patrols as Finland probes the possible sabotage of undersea cables

 

NATO chief inspects joint military unit in Bulgaria and urges alliance to boost support for Ukraine

 
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO leader says he wants to put Ukraine in a position of strength for any peace talks with Russia

 
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO chief warns that Putin wants long-term confrontation with Europe after Ukraine

 
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, front center, speaks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during a group photo at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

NATO chief urges European allies to ramp up defense spending as Trump returns to White House

 
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