NATO has said its pledge for tens of billions of dollars in security aid for Ukraine will be fulfilled by the end of 2025. The alliance announced on Wednesday that 40 billion euros ($41.6 billion) which had been agreed by the bloc's 32 members during its Washington, D.C. summit last July would be sent to Kyiv this year.

Switzerland's government said on Wednesday it planned to ban international adoptions due to concerns about abuses in the practice.

NATO's Secretary-General Mark Rutte hailed newly inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump's warning on Wednesday that Russia could expect more tariffs and sanctions if it did not end the war in Ukraine.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned that restoring the alliance's credibility after a Russian victory in Ukraine could require trillions of dollars.

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We know that the Russian economy is doing terribly bad[ly], and the sanctions will help," he told CNBC on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland." NATO's Secretary-General ...

DAVOS, Switzerland — US President Donald Trump said his government looks forward to "doing very well with China and getting along with China" during a virtual address delivered to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.

Yesterday, a Department of Homeland Security, Acting Secretary Benjamine Huffman, expanded the group of federal law enforcement officers who can investigate and apprehend the immigrants. It wasn't immediately clear how many officers would be reassigned to immigrant enforcement.

The more the Republican president talks about the NATO alliance, the greater the concerns about his commitment to the international partnership.

Russia is waiting for signals from Washington to commence highly anticipated peace negotiations to end the war with Ukraine.

United States President Donald Trump on January 23 said that he was not sure America should be spending anything on NATO, telling reporters that the US was protecting NATO members, but they were "not protecting us" Trump repeated demands that other members of the transatlantic alliance spend 5% of their gross domestic product (GDP) on defence – a huge increase from the current 2% goal and a level that no NATO country,

He tells reporters the US is protecting Nato members, but they are "not protecting us". Read more at straitstimes.com.