US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said he was confident that members of the NATO alliance would sign up to President Donald Trump's demand for a major boost in defence spending, adding that it had to happen by a summit later in June.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confident NATO will commit to 5% defense spending at June summit; Mark Rutte proposes 3.5% by 2032.

OTTAWA — Ottawa is reviewing its spending "from top to bottom" as Canada's closest allies call on Canada to hike defence spending to levels not seen since the height of the Cold War, Defence Minister David McGuinty said Thursday.

The UK will be expected to spend 5% of its economic output on defence investment, the chief of Nato has said, ahead of a meeting with Sir Keir Starmer next week.

NATO’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Thursday said he will propose that members increase their overall military spending target to 5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the pact’s next summit.…

OTTAWA — Defence Minister David McGuinty says Ottawa is reviewing its defence spending plans “from top to bottom” as Canada comes under pressure from allies to ramp up spending to levels not seen since the height of the Cold War. Speaking with European news media outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, McGuinty said the federal government […]

A boost in defence spending by NATO countries to 5% of GDP “will happen”, the US Defence Secretary has said.