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May 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM

Danish leader: 'You cannot spy against an ally' amid reports of US Greenland spying

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told The Associated Press “you cannot spy against an ally” after reports that the United States has stepped up intelligence gathering on Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory coveted by U.S. President Don...
May 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer listens, during a meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) in Oslo, Friday, May 9, 2025. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)
May 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM

Denmark will summon US diplomat over increased US intel gathering in Greenland

Denmark says it will summon the top U.S. diplomat in the country for an explanation following a Wall Street Journal report about the United States stepping up its intelligence gathering on Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory coveted by Presid...
May 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
FILE - Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen listens to speakers during a meeting after a ceremony to mark the 25th Anniversary Nordic Embassies in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
1 month ago

Commander of US base in Greenland fired for email critical of Vance visit

The commander of the Pituffik Space Base in Greenland recently visited by Vice President JD Vance was removed from command on Thursday due to a "loss of confidence."
1 month ago
Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance listen to Col. Susan Meyers as they tour the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, March 28, 2025.
1 month ago

Trump again suggests US should own and control Greenland

President-elect Donald Trump is again floating his interest in U.S. ownership of Greenland.
1 month ago
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during the AmericaFest 2024 conference in Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 22, 2024.
1 month ago

'A matter of geopolitical survival': Former Danish minister on Trump's Greenland deal

Interest in buying Greenland has "popped up from time to time in American politics," Tom Høyem, Denmark's former minister to Greenland, told ABC News in an interview.
1 month ago
An aircraft carrying businessman Donald Trump Jr. arrives in Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 7, 2025.
1 month ago

Greenland holds national election amid Trump's calls to join the US

A vote that held little global significance in the past is now being watched around the world.
1 month ago
Icebergs and ice sheets float in the water off Nuuk, Greenland, Mar. 7, 2025.
1 month ago

Trump says 'we can't' do without Greenland as Vance tours territory

J.D. Vance doubled down on the administration's interest in acquiring Greenland while at the Pituffik Space Base as Donald Trump argued the U.S. "can't" do without it.
1 month ago
Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance arrive at the US military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, March 28, 2025.
1 month ago

Trump says US will 'go as far as we have to' to get control of Greenland

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will "go as far as we have to go" to get control of Greenland, ahead of a planned visit to the Arctic island by the vice president.
1 month ago
President Donald Trump speaks to the press before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Mar. 26, 2025 in Washington.
1 month ago

Trump has options to acquire Greenland, but few are realistic: Expert

An international relations expert said there are a few ways Trump could acquire Greenland, however, those options would have serious consequences to the world order.
1 month ago
People take part in a march ending in front of the US consulate, under the slogan, Greenland belongs to the Greenlandic people, in Nuuk, Greenland, Mar. 15, 2025.
1 month ago

Greenland status quo 'not an option,' Danish minister says after Vance visit

Denmark is open to discussions with the U.S. on how to "fix" the status quo in Greenland, the country's foreign minister said, after Vice President JD Vance's visit.
1 month ago
Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance board Air Force Two after touring the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, March 28, 2025.