NATO foreign ministers looked set to rebuff Tuesday a push from Ukraine for progress on joining their alliance ahead of Donald Trump taking power in the United States. Until now, the leaders of NATO heavyweights the United States and Germany have backed away from Ukrainian membership out of fear it could drag the alliance into a war with Russia.

The US would face a “dire threat” from China, Iran and North Korea if Ukraine is forced into concessions to end its war with Russia, Nato’s secretary-general has warned Donald Trump. Mark Rutte cautioned against the president-elect’s plans for a ...

James Stavridis, former NATO supreme allied commander, said he believes the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire agreement was successful in part because of President-elect Trump’s impending return to

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Hezbollah firing on a military site around the contested border was a "serious violation" of the ceasefire, and said Israel would "respond strongly."