Lloyd Austin cuts comment about health from first public speech

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin deviated from his prepared remarks while addressing funding for Ukraine, skipping over an update on his health in his first public appearance since his hospitalization. Austin spoke at a virtual meeting before the Ukraine Defense…

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin released from hospital

United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been released from hospital after spending two weeks there to treat complications from surgery for prostate cancer he kept secret from senior administration officials, including President Joe Biden. Austin, 70, was admitted to…

Biden officials were unaware US defence secretary was in hospital

Senior Biden administration leaders, top Pentagon officials and members of Congress were unaware for days that US defence secretary Lloyd Austin had been in hospital since Monday, US officials said, as questions swirled about his condition and the secrecy surrounding…

US military says it shot down another Houthi-launched drone over Red Sea

US military forces shot down a drone early Saturday over the Red Sea in international waters near several commercial vessels, the Pentagon said. The incident came days after a 12-nation group led by the US warned Houthi rebels in Yemen…

Trump heard on tape discussing classified document on Iran, reports say

Federal prosecutors have a 2021 audio recording of former president Donald Trump acknowledging he kept a classified Pentagon document regarding Iran after leaving the White House, it was reported on Wednesday. Mr Trump was discussing a “document about a potential…

US national security documents with Ukraine, China secrets turn up in ‘‘nightmare’’ leak

Classified documents that seem to detail US national security secrets related to Ukraine, the Middle East and China have emerged online in what one intelligence official called a “nightmare” sequence of events.  The latest leak, revealed by the New York…

US vows more weapons for Ukraine, says ‘difficult times’ ahead

The U.S. government announced a new two billion dollar aid package for Ukraine on Friday being the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. The government also condemned the Kremlin for creating “the most urgent danger to European security since the end…

Photo of Chinese balloon captured by U2 spy plane

The Pentagon has released a photograph of a U2 spy plane soaring over the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon as it transited the mainland United States earlier this month, providing a new glimpse of the information US officials gathered about the…

High-altitude object shot down over Alaska, US says

A “high-altitude object” was shot down over Alaska earlier on Friday, the White House has said. Spokesman John Kirby said the unmanned object was “the size of a small car” and was over a sparsely populated area at the time.…

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