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Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, on March 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday (March 19, 2026) there is no “time frame” for ending the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, which was launched three weeks ago….
The prohibition against declaring “no quarter” is one of the oldest and most settled rules of war, codified in several major treaties, according to an expert Source link
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of commercial messaging app Signal to discuss strikes on Yemen risked compromising sensitive information and could have put troops at risk, the Pentagon’s independent watchdog said on Thursday (December 4, 2025). “The secretary sent nonpublic DoD information identifying the…
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This screen grab from a video posted by U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on his X account on October 28, 2025, shows what he says is one of four alleged drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean that was destroyed in strikes | Photo Credit: AFP The U.S. military on Wednesday (October 29, 2025) struck…
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Video posted by U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth claims to show one of four U.S. strikes on vessels in what is given as Eastern Pacific, in this still image taken from undated social media video, released October 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. forces killed 14 people in strikes that destroyed four alleged…
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Highlighting concerns for Sikh Americans serving in the military, a prominent U.S. lawmaker has urged the Pentagon to reconsider a policy that calls for a blanket beard-shaving mandate among service members, emphasising that retaining uncut hair and a beard is a core tenet of their faith. In a recent letter addressed to Secretary of War…
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Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday (October 16, 2025) rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power. The nation’s leadership called the new rules “common sense” to help regulate a “very disruptive” press….
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Va. | Photo Credit: AP Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of U.S. military officials to an in-person meeting on Tuesday (September 30, 2025) to announce directives for troops that include “gender-neutral” or…
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Warsaw: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday warned NATO allies in Europe against assuming that the American troop presence on the continent would “last forever”, as he urged them to spend more on defence. “Now is the time to invest because you can’t make an assumption that America’s presence will last forever,” Hegseth told…
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on the eve of a NATO defence ministers’ meeting at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on February 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) that a return to Ukraine’s…
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