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UK gathers over 30 nations to plot ways of reopening Strait of Hormuz

Almost three dozen countries will meet Thursday in an effort to exert diplomatic and political pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route that has been choked off by the US-Israeli war against Iran. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the virtual meeting chaired by Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper "will assess all viable diplomatic and political measures we can take to restore freedom of navigation, guarantee the safety of trapped ships and seafarers and to resume the movement of vital commodities". Iranian attacks on commercial ships, and the threat of more, have halted nearly all traffic in the waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the rest of the globe's oceans, shutting a critical path for the world's flow of oil and sending petroleum prices soaring. The US is not among the countries attending Thursday's meeting. Trump has said securing the waterway is not America's job, and told US allies to "go get your own oil". No country appears willing to try

Nato a 'paper tiger', considering pulling US out of it: Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump called Nato a 'paper tiger' and said US withdrawal is 'beyond reconsideration' after the bloc members refused to participate in the Iran war

'Why support them if they don't back us': Trump slams Nato over Iran war

I think that Nato made a terrible mistake when they wouldn't send a small amount of military armament, when they wouldn't send just even acknowledge what we were doing for the world, Trump said

Trump calls Nato "cowards" over lack of support in Iran conflict

"Without the USA, NATO IS A PAPER TIGER!" Trump said in a social media post

Nato allies benefit more from reopening of Hormuz than US: WH press secy

US White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that US President Donald Trump's energy agenda made sure that the US has enough resources of oil.

Trump asks if 'finishing off' Iran would make 'allies' reopen Hormuz Strait

Trump questioned whether stronger action against Iran would compel allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting tensions over burden-sharing in safeguarding global trade routes

West Asia war updates: Iran's Larijani killed; Trump decries Nato snub

The West Asia conflict showed no signs of easing on Day 19, with Israel striking Iran and Tehran confirming Ali Larijani's death; Donald Trump said US-Israel operations are 'proceeding very well'

Trump fumes at Nato for refusing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump said Tuesday NATO and most other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, grousing that he has been unable to rally support behind his war of choice in Iran that he insists he's conducting for the good of the world, even if it doesn't appreciate his effort. Trump, who has been pressing allies to help safeguard the critical waterway to ease a chokepoint on the region's oil exports, fumed that the U.S. is not getting support "despite the fact that we helped" NATO "so much," and said that it was in allies' interest to prevent Iran from securing a nuclear weapon. Trump's indignant response to allies' refusal to get involved in the war underscored that the conflict - now in its third week and causing reverberations across the global economy - is one the international community is looking to the U.S. leader to sort out himself after he launched it without consultation. "You would have thought they would have said, We'd love to send a coupl

Trump warns Nato of 'very bad' future if allies don't help reopen Hormuz

About a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage of water between Iran and Oman

NATO air defences intercept third ballistic missile over Turkiye

NATO defences on Friday intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Iran over Turkiye, the Defense Ministry said. It marked the third such incident since the start of the Iran war. Turkiyes Defence Ministry said the missile was destroyed by NATO air defences deployed in the eastern Mediterranean. Residents in the southern city of Adana reported hearing a loud explosion and sirens sounding at Incirlik Air Base, which is used by US forces, in the early hours of Friday. No casualties were reported. This week, NATO deployed an additional Patriot air defense system in the southeastern province of Malatya, where the Kurecik radar station is based. The Defence Ministry stressed Thursday that Incirlik is a Turkish base and that the foreign troop presence doesn't alter the base's status in an apparent response to warnings from Tehran to regional countries not to host US military bases.

Two killed by drone debris in Oman; Sirens heard at Turkiye's Air Base

Drone crashed in the al-Awahi industrial area, resulting in the deaths of two foreign workers and injuries to several others

Nato spokesperson condemns Iran's 'indiscriminate' attacks on Turkiye

NATO spokesperson Allison Hart on Wednesday condemned "Iran's targeting of Turkey" but she did not confirm whether the military organisation's air defences were used to down the missile. "NATO stands firmly with all allies, including Turkey, as Iran continues its indiscriminate attacks across the region," she said. "Our deterrence and defense posture remains strong across all domains, including when it comes to air and missile defence." Asked whether NATO air defences were used, Hart said she "can't get into operational details." NATO has parts of a broader European ballistic missile defence system on Turkish soil, including an early warning radar at the Kurecik base which can detect missiles from Iran.

Nato air defences intercept Iran missile over Turkish territory

It was unclear where the missile was headed, but a NATO spokesperson said the trans-Atlantic defence bloc condemned Iran's targeting of Turkey and that it stood firmly with all allies

China could end Russia-Ukraine war with one call, says US Nato envoy

China and Russia have forged an even tighter partnership since the start of the war, and Russia relies on China for critical parts and components for drones and other war material

Europe rethinks nuclear weapons after Trump delivers reality check

Europe has been fighting to keep hostile US in Nato while countries race to rearm and now for first time since Cold War, European capitals are discussing how to develop their own nuclear deterrent

Rubio defends Trump on Venezuela while trying to allay fears over Greenland

Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a full-throated defence Wednesday of President Donald Trump's military operation to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, while explaining to US lawmakers the administration's approach to Greenland, NATO, Iran and China. As Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee offered starkly different readings of the administration's foreign policy, Rubio addressed Trump's intentions and his often bellicose rhetoric that has alarmed US allies in Europe and elsewhere, including demands to take over Greenland. In the first public hearing since the Jan 3 raid to depose Maduro, Rubio said Trump had acted to take out a major US national security threat in the Western Hemisphere. Trump's top diplomat said America was safer and more secure as a result and that the administration would work with interim authorities to stabilise the South American country. "We're not going to have this thing turn around overnight, but I

Why did Trump back down on Greenland tariffs? | European Union | Nato

US President Donald Trump has withdrawn planned tariffs on several European allies after reaching what he calls a “framework of a future deal” with Nato on Greenland and Arctic security.

Europe cannot defend itself without US support: Nato chief Mark Rutte

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte insisted on Monday that Europe is incapable of defending itself without US military support and would have to more than double current military spending targets to be able to do so. "If anyone thinks here... that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming. You can't," Rutte told EU lawmakers in Brussels. Europe and the United States "need each other," he said. Tensions are festering within NATO over US President Donald Trump's renewed threats in recent weeks to annex Greenland, which is a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark. Trump also said that he was slapping new tariffs on Greenland's European backers, but later dropped his threats after a "framework" for a deal over the mineral-rich island was reached, with Rutte's help. Few details of the agreement have emerged. The 32-nation military organisation is bound together by a mutual defence clause, Article 5 of NATO's founding Washington trea

Trump admin's defence strategy softens tone on China, focuses on deterrence

The department's long-awaited National Defence Strategy, released Friday evening, directs the Defence Department to 'maintain a favourable balance of military power in the Indo-Pacific'

Trump should apologise for remarks on Nato troops in Afghanistan: Starmer

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signalled that US President Donald Trump should apologise for his false assertion that troops from non-US NATO countries avoided the front line during the Afghanistan war, describing Trump's remarks as "insulting" and "appalling." Trump said that he wasn't sure NATO would be there to support the United States if and when requested, provoking outrage and distress across the United Kingdom on Friday, regardless of individuals' political persuasion. "We've never needed them, we have never really asked anything of them," Trump said of non-US troops in an interview with Fox News in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. "You know, they'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this or that, and they did, they stayed a little back, a little off the front lines." In October 2001, nearly a month after the September 11 attacks, the US led an international coalition in Afghanistan to destroy al-Qaida, which had used the country as its base, and the ...