The NATO summit comes a year after members pledged to ramp up defence spending to five per cent of GDP under pressure from Donald Trump.

With Donald Trump still seething at allies' refusal to support his war with Iran, European governments hope to ease his anger with record defence spending announcements worth…

'I think this might be the tensest summit yet,' said Stephen Saideman, head of Carleton's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.

Germany leads military spending drive as bigger economies grapple with funding pressures

Alliance members tout defense investments to try to head off Trump’s complaints.

NATO allies will showcase surging defence spending at a summit in Turkey's capital Ankara on Tuesday as they hope to placate US President Donald Trump after his fury over Europe's…