U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said Israel has not apprised the U.S. of any specific date for the start of a major offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but added that American and Israeli officials remained in contact to try to ensure that “any kind of major military operation doesn’t …
Earlier this week, the spokesperson for the Houthis said the militants shot down a U.S. drone and damaged a Belize-flagged, British cargo ship in their latest assaults against commercial vessels. “The ship suffered catastrophic damage and came to a complete halt,” Houthi spokesperson Yahya Sare’e said on social media. “As a result of the extensive damage …
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was released from the military hospital where he received treatment for prostate cancer surgery, which was initially kept secret from President Joe Biden’s administration and the White House. “I’m grateful for the excellent care I received at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and want to thank the outstanding …
Lloyd Austin’s illness and medical procedure disclosure. What we know. Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin was hospitalized with no notification to the White House. What we know on the rules behind medical information disclosure. WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s chief of staff on Monday ordered an investigation into the events surrounding his hospitalization, his transferring …
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Monday due to complications following a minor elective medical procedure, his press secretary said Friday, in the Defense Department’s first acknowledgment that Austin had been admitted five days earlier to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. A Biden administration official told CBS News Saturday that the National …
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday in a high-profile push to keep money and weapons flowing to Ukraine even as US and international resources are stretched by the new global risks raised by the Israel-Hamas war. Issued on: 20/11/2023 – 10:18Modified: 20/11/2023 – 14:37 4 min Austin, who …
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s testimony before the House Appropriations Committee was interrupted Tuesday as protestors called for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Blinken’s testimony was part of a hearing reviewing the Biden administration’s national security supplemental funding request. He was interrupted multiple times by shouts from the audience. One woman could be heard …
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — Defense ministers flying into the Belgian capital for a NATO meeting starting Wednesday were expecting to spend their time backing Ukraine — instead, they find their intel briefings full of a region mostly forgotten in the past two years: the Middle East. …
Defense Minister Yaşar Güler and his U.S. counterpart Lloyd James Austin highlighted the importance of close coordination between U.S. and Turkish forces in Syria, as Türkiye continued to hit terrorist YPG/PKK targets, destroying 30 positions belonging to the terrorists on Thursday. Güler and Austin spoke over the phone to discuss developments in northern Syria, where …