US President Trump said he was happy with NATO allies' rising spending on defense, hailing a "rocket-ship" increase since he took office. "Tremendous progress has been made and NATO's much stronger," Trump told reporters as he met NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg ahead of alliance's 70th-anniversary-celebrations in Washington. "It's a rocket ship up," he said of the spending. "People are paying and I'm very happy."

India will push to blacklist Pakistan over terrorism funding at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary meeting, following the attack in Pulwama last week, as part of a number of economic punitive measures it's taking against the neighbouring country. Pakistan is currently on the FATF grey list. The meeting is taking place on February 17-22 in Paris.