Germany will deploy a Patriot air defense unit to Türkiye in the coming weeks, officials said, as part of NATO’s plan to bolster security along its southeastern flank.

Portuguese F-16 fighter jets participating in NATO’s Air Policing 2026 mission intercepted Russian An-12 transport aircraft and Su-35 fighter jets over the Baltic Sea, according to NATO Air Command.

Britain’s flagship aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has left Scotland for a deployment in the North Atlantic and High North as part of a security mission involving NATO allies and the Joint Expeditionary Force.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Thursday that the alliance is not “whistling past the graveyard” and members are doing everything US Donald Trump has requested, but he acknowledged that some allies were initially “a bit slow” to support the United States with its war with Iran.

NATO has begun military planning for an operation known as “Arctic Sentry,” aimed at strengthening vigilance in the Arctic as tensions continue between the United States and its European allies over Greenland, according to a NATO official.

Canadian Armed Forces said Warrant Officer George Hohl was found dead on Sept. 5 while serving on Operation Reassurance.

Jafar Huseynzada, the head of the Azerbaijani Mission to NATO, held a meeting with Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, the Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels.

During his visit to Latvia, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada will extend its largest overseas military mission for an additional three years.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the deployment of a European peacekeeping contingent to help secure the country amid the ongoing conflict with Russia. Speaking on the topic, Zelensky emphasized the scale of such an operation: