BRUSSELS -- The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday, after Spain announced that it cannot raise the ...

Leaders in Madrid urged NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to exempt them from a proposed defense spending goal set at 5 ...

Spain has rejected a NATO proposal to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense needs that’s expected to be announced ...

The success of a key NATO summit hung in the balance on Friday, after Spain announced that it cannot raise the billions of dollars needed to meet a new defense investment pledge demanded by U.S.

Spain was the lowest spender in the trans-Atlantic alliance last year, directing less than 2% of its GDP on defence ...

With Germany and Poland already backing the new benchmark, Spain could find itself isolated among its allies at the June 24-25 NATO summit in The Hague. "Many countries want five (percent), we ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Spain is resisting US President Donald Trump's demands to hike defense spending to five percent of national output, potentially threatening NATO unity at a crucial alliance ...

Founded in 1949 as a bulwark against Soviet aggression, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) remains, seventy-five years later, the pillar of U.S.-Europe military cooperation. An ...

Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Spain stands out as the Nato member most opposed to increasing its military spend to 5 percent. Photo: Mandel ...

Spain is resisting US President Donald Trump's demands to hike defence spending to five percent of national output, potentially threatening NATO unity at a crucial alliance summit this month. The ...