Canada's Trudeau, France's Macron, Britain's Johnson, Holland's Rutte, and UK's Princess Anne recorded in huddle, apparently scoffing at US president's schedule-busting behavior

US president hits back at French counterpart for saying alliance 'brain dead,' calls on 'delinquent' members to meet defense spending target

Prime minister said set to meet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Germany's Merkel, and France's Macron, as they gather for summit of military alliance in UK capital

Cyprus, Egypt join Athens in condemning last week's Libyan-Turkish maritime borders accord, amid rising tensions over oil-and-gas drilling rights in eastern Mediterranean

Turkish leader lashes out at France's president, calls him 'a novice'; Macron's office says Turkish envoy in Paris will be summoned to answer for 'insults'

'We are in a competition of values with unfree nations,' US secretary of state says in Germany, cites Western 'responsibility to deter threats' from such governments

French president laments lack of coordination between Europe and the United States, and unilateral actions in Syria by key member Turkey

Deployment will likely include tanks; Esper does not give details on troop numbers but says despite Trump vow to bring soldiers home, many will be repositioned

Bombs remain at Incirlik air base as part of NATO policy as relations between Ankara and Washington continue to spiral and Syria war grows more unpredictable

American military believed to house some 50 tactical nuclear bombs at Incirlik in southern Turkey, just 70 miles from the border with war-torn Syria