An internal Pentagon email reportedly outlines options to punish allies over a perceived lack of support for Iran war.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is declining to engage in a dispute with the U.S. over reports that the Pentagon is considering punishing NATO members who don't support U.S. operations in the Iran war.

Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker warned European nations against criticizing President Trump’s military operations against Iran. “You might think that this is a huge folly and going to have terrible consequences,

An internal Pentagon email reportedly suggested various ways the Administration could punish NATO allies it believes let the U.S. down by not actively supporting operations in the Iran war.

The president of France says the European Union’s ongoing push to bolster its own defensive capabilities isn’t intended to spawn an alternative to the NATO alliance but to answer a long-standing U.S.

The US is considering options for punishing Nato allies which it considers to have failed to offer support during the Iran war, according to a Pentagon memo seen by Reuters.

A defense overhaul in Germany aims to increase the number of active-duty forces to 260,000 troops by the mid-2030s.

The military alliance routinely scrambles fighter aircraft to intercept Russian warplanes that approach or fly near NATO airspace. NATO says the Russian planes it intercepts often fail to use their transponders and don't communicate with air traffic controllers or file a flight plan. NATO jets are sent up to identify them.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told the Financial Times, Europe's "biggest, most important question" is whether the U.S. is ready to be a loyal NATO partner if such a situation arises.

By Michele Kambas and Ingrid Melander NICOSIA, April 24 (Reuters) - EU leaders have asked officials to prepare a blueprint for how the bloc's previously obscure mutual assistance clause would work, host Cyprus said at a summit on Friday,