Georgia minister visits Afghanistan after 7 deaths
Georgia's defense minister visited his troops in Afghanistan on Friday, a day after seven Georgian soldiers were killed in a huge truck bomb blast at ...
NATO eyes tougher tack against cyber attacks
The NATO chief says the alliance wants its cyber defenses to reach "full operational capability" by this fall and is exploring ways of responding to ...

NATO to send expert mission to Libya
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced Tuesday the alliance will send an expert mission to Libya on short notice to assess needs as ...
Obama: NATO to hold Afghanistan summit next year
President Barack Obama says he and the secretary-general of NATO have agreed to focus the organization's 2014 summit on Afghanistan. Most of the ...

NATO chief glad Romania to spend more on defense
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has welcomed a promise by Romania to increase spending on defense and has thanked the country for its ...

Kerry: NATO needs plan for Syrian chemical weapons
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged NATO on Tuesday to prepare for the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria on the same day that a senior ...

Serbia, Kosovo reach tentative deal on relations
Serbia and Kosovo reached a potentially historic agreement Friday to normalize relations between the Balkan neighbors, end years of acrimony and put ...
NATO head: Afghan prez wrong to charge collusion
The head of the NATO military alliance has emphatically rejected the charge by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the U.S. and NATO are colluding with ...

NATO chief backs larger Afghan force through 2018
Afghanistan's president got reassurance Tuesday that NATO intends to backstop his troubled nation's security long beyond 2014, after NATO's chief ...

Afghan president lashes out at Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out once again at his supposed ally, Pakistan, saying Monday that a statement by a Pakistani cleric endorsing ...

Panetta, NATO partner, differ on troop numbers
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his NATO counterparts are considering leaving 8,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, but it was unclear ...
German: US to leave 8,000-12,000 troops in Afghan
A German official said Friday that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has told NATO allies that the U.S. will leave between 8,000 and 12,000 American ...

NATO chief urges countries to halt defense cuts
The head of NATO urged member countries Thursday to stop cutting their defense budgets in response to tough economic times, saying continued ...

NATO chief dismisses Russian missile defense worry
NATO's secretary general said Saturday the alliance has no intention of backing down on its plans for a European missile defense system, despite ...
NATO chief says security, economy are linked
NATO's chief says the economic crisis could threaten the national security of members of the military alliance, and he's urging them to maintain ...

Syria bombs Damascus suburbs to keep rebels out
The Syrian government bombed areas around Damascus on Monday as part of its push to keep rebel fighters out of the capital, leaving many children ...