Ankara to host 36th NATO summit July 7-8 as alliance faces deepest modern crisis amid wars in Ukraine and Middle East, Erdogan calls meeting 'decisive'

Trump heads to Turkey amid NATO strain from Russian attacks and growing U.S. impatience with alliance response

Trump heads to Turkey as NATO is strained by Russian attacks and U.S. impatience.

Trump says Ukraine war resolution 'getting much closer than people realize,' plans to discuss conflict at NATO summit in Turkey this week

President Trump said a resolution to the war in Ukraine is 'getting much closer than people realize' and that he will discuss the conflict at a NATO summit this week in Turkey.

French diplomats return from Burkina Faso after it severs ties with Paris; Burkinabe diplomatic staff ordered to leave France by Monday evening

All French diplomats stationed in Burkina Faso have returned to France, and Burkina Faso's diplomatic staff must leave France by Monday evening, the French foreign ministry was quoted by Le Figaro as saying. The move followed Burkina Faso's June 26 announcement severing diplomatic relations with France with immediate effect.

NATO braces for difficult summit as Trump pressures 32 member states on defense spending amid tensions over Iran and Greenland

NATO braces for a difficult summit as Trump pressures member states on spending. The meeting of 32 member states comes at a crucial time for the alliance following tensions with the US over Iran and Greenland.