US military spending surged to $997 billion in 2024, ... SIPRI reported, with a 9.4 percent increase in military spending around the world – the highest rate in figures going back to 1988.

President Trump has long pushed the European allies to be more self-sufficient on defense, relying less on American ...

Many NATO members lag far behind the U.S. in defense-spending levels and military capabilities. Now they are trying to fix ...

The US budget included $48.4 billion in aid for Ukraine, almost three-quarters of Kyiv’s own defense budget of $64.8 billion. China followed the US in overall military spending with an estimated ...

Mr. Trump had been eager to celebrate his success at NATO and revel in the fact that he had conducted an attack that none of ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — NATO leaders agreed on Wednesday on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and expressed their “ironclad commitment” to come ...

German leaders intend to ramp up defense spending and build the most powerful armed forces in Europe, but shadows of World ...

Trump says US doesn’t have to meet NATO spending goal The administration has demanded that allies commit to spending at least ...

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The world is arming itself at the fastest rate since near the end of the Cold War, according to a -military-spending-rises-at-highest-rate-in-nearly-four-decades ...

The world is arming itself at the fastest rate since near the end of the Cold War, according to a new report, as major wars rage in Ukraine and Gaza and military tensions spike from Europe to Asia.

The world is arming itself at the fastest rate since near the end of the Cold War, according to a new report, as major wars rage in Ukraine and Gaza and military tensions spike from Europe to Asia ...