NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday he believes that some NATO ‌countries were tested and failed amid Washington's criticism over European allies not getting involved in the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran.

Giorgia Meloni's allies are exploring changes to Italy's election laws to boost her reelection odds, as internal polls show she may struggle to retain a majority in the upper house of parliament.

The US Department of Treasury has announced new sanctions targeting Russia's two largest oil companies - Rosneft and Lukoil - in an effort to pressure Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine.

“We have unleashed a monster,” Mette Frederiksen tells Danish lawmakers.

The comments came two days after Donald Trump threatened to hit the EU with a 35% tariff if it failed to follow through on its pledge to massively invest in US infrastructure

From the EU capital, the president claims that Spain is a country that is "solidary" with NATO, but also "sovereign."

President Donald Trump criticized Spain for not agreeing to new defense spending targets adopted by NATO and suggested the country could face tariffs twice as high from the US. Trump stated that the US is negotiating a trade deal with Spain and threatened to make them pay twice as much, which caused Spain's benchmark stock index to extend its losses. Spanish officials dismissed Trump's tariff threat, emphasizing that the European Commission handles trade matters for the EU and that individual member states don't negotiate trade deals on their own.

‘Nato’s going to become very strong with us,’ says US president, as secretary general calls him ‘daddy’