NATO’s top commander, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, confirmed earlier Friday that the alliance has pulled several hundred personnel out of Iraq and relocated them to Europe.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Danish military forces are seen participating in an exercise in the Arctic Ocean with NATO allies last year. Canada is calling for a new NATO initiative, Arctic Sentry, to be made permanent.

Canada is one of only a handful of NATO allies that won’t reach the requisite benchmark for defense spending, and won’t likely hit it for several years. The allies that are expected not to reach the 2% threshold are Croatia, Portugal, Italy, Canada ...

Canada will raise concerns about NATO’s approach to Arctic threats at a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Anita Anand said. “We see infrastructure moving further and further north and the geopolitical environment becoming more and more ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to visit Norway on Friday where he will observe a NATO exercise before visiting the United Kingdom, his office announced Monday. Carney's office said he will observe the Norwegian-led NATO Cold Response exercise.

Canada says NATO has not formally discussed helping reopen the Strait of Hormuz as Anand calls Iran’s blockade illegal.

Prime Minister Carney says Canada along with Norwegian and Germen leaders are ready to build defences in the Arctic against ‘any external threat.’