In a narrow sense, the function of a “tripwire” force is to deter conflict. In fact, it often escalates it. The tensions between the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States over the fate of Greenland ...

Denmark dispatched soldiers and explosives to Greenland in January as part of a contingency plan if the U.S. attempted an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The coast of a sea inlet of Nuuk, Greenland, where a U.S. sailor was taken for urgent medical treatment. (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP) ...

China, Russia, and Iran had to be alarmed by the display of US power in the Venezuela incursion — but so did Denmark, a NATO ally of the United States. In the aftermath of the snatch-and-grab of ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark’s military said its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment. The Danish Joint Arctic ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's military says its arctic command forces evacuated a crew ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s military says its arctic command forces evacuated a crew member of a U.S. submarine off the coast of Greenland for urgent medical treatment. The Danish Joint ...