Pete Hegseth

Anthropic sues to block US Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions

FILE — An employee enters the Anthropic office in San Francisco, on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Late last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered an ultimatum to Anthropic, the only company that had provided the Pentagon with artificial intelligence technologies for use on classified systems. (Marissa Leshnov/The New York Times)

US not expanding military objectives in Iran, Hegseth says

The US has hit more than 2,000 targets in Iran over the past six days.

Concerns ripple to South-east Asia after US sub sinks Iran’s ‘prize ship’ near Sri Lanka

TOPSHOT - Healthcare workers carry the bodies of Iranian sailors who died in a US torpedo attack on their frigate IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka's southern coast, at the mortuary of the Karapitiya hospital in Galle on March 4, 2026. A US submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on March 4, touting the strike as evidence of America's global reach in its war on Iran. Nearly 150 sailors were missing and several dead after the frigate IRIS Dena sank off Sri Lanka. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

US sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka; NATO destroys missile heading for Turkey

Sri Lankan officials said 87 bodies and 32 survivors were picked up by rescuers after the IRIS Dena was hit by a US torpedo.

US kills Iranian leader of Trump assassination plot, Pentagon says

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said that the target, however, was not the initial focus of the war.

US submarine sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zone

Sri Lankan officials said 87 bodies and 32 survivors were picked up by rescuers after the IRIS Dena was hit by a US torpedo.

US kamikaze drone used in Iran went through fast-tracked Pentagon procurement

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

Trump’s Republicans defend Iran strikes as Democrats push for war powers vote

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media following a briefing for Congressional leaders on the situation in Iran, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 2, 2026. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

US defence chief Hegseth refuses to rule out ‘boots on ground’ in Iran

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US, in its war with Iran, will “go as far as we need to go”.

US forces seize third sanctioned oil tanker, Pentagon says

In a post on X, the US Department of Defense said its forces boarded the Bertha overnight. It accused the crude oil tanker of seeking to defy Iran-related sanctions.

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