The Trump administration has repeatedly said the U.S. should be in control of Greenland, which is part of Denmark and NATO.

Germany has been a vital part of the United States' defense strategy in Europe ever since the end of World War II. The US has also deployed more troops to Europe since the start of Russia's full-fledged invasion of Ukraine in February 2022,

On 9 April 1940, the day that Denmark fell to the Nazi war machine, the Danish envoy to the United States, Henrik Kauffmann, in violation of his diplomatic status, signed an agreement authorising the US to act as defenders of Greenland and build military installations there.

The United States shared images on Wednesday of joint military exercises in Trinidad and Tobago, as its armed forces amass in the region, building pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The deployment is receiving logistical and diplomatic ...

Ten C-17 Globemasters and a pair of AC-130J have landed at two Royal Air Force bases, RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire and RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk