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Lloyd Austin

  • Tuesday, 24 June, 2025
    Aerospace & Defence
    Europe should not go it alone on defence

    Continued co-production is vital to maintain innovation and preserve the security of the EU and the US

    A US Air Force F-35 fighter jet
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Ukraine and US warn Kyiv’s troops could face North Korean forces ‘in days’

    New assessment finds as many as 8,000 soldiers have been deployed to Russia’s Kursk region

    The North Korean embassy building in Moscow
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Zelenskyy pushes US to allow long-range weapons use in Russia

    Ukraine’s president makes plea in meeting with allies in Germany

    Lloyd Austin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy look at each other during the Ukraine contact group meeting at Ramstein Air Base.
  • Saturday, 3 August, 2024
    Terrorism
    US defence secretary withdraws plea deals for accused 9/11 plotters

    Khaled Sheikh Mohammed and two others were expected to be spared death penalty under the agreements

    A 2008 courtroom sketch of Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, accused of masterminding the September 11, 2001, attacks
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    US warns of Hizbollah ‘provocations’ as diplomats try to avert Israel-Lebanon war

    Officials say risk of miscalculation is high as cross-border tensions intensify

    Smoke rises following an air strike
  • Saturday, 1 June, 2024
    US-China relations
    China accuses US of seeking ‘Asia-Pacific Nato’

    PLA general blames Washington for tension as Pentagon chief says allies seek ‘convergence’ on defence and security

    US defence secretary Lloyd Austin, centre, walks with US officials in Singapore
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    US-China relations
    US and Chinese defence ministers discuss Taiwan and Philippines tensions

    Lloyd Austin and Dong Jun hold first meeting in Singapore

    Composite picture of Dong Jun and Lloyd Austin
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    US-China relations
    Pentagon chief seeks to woo Cambodia from China with Phnom Penh visit

    Meeting with Prime Minister Hun Manet comes as Washington hopes US-educated leader will distance country from Beijing

    Hun Manet
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    US-China relations
    US defence chief Lloyd Austin to meet Chinese counterpart this month

    Singapore meeting would be latest step in reopening communication lines between militaries

    Lloyd Austin
  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Biden warns Israel he will halt US weapon supplies if it invades Rafah

    Washington has already held up one bomb shipment over ongoing disagreements with Benjamin Netanyahu

    Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on buildings near the separating wall between Egypt and Rafah in southern Gaza on Tuesday
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    US-China relations
    US and China defence ministers in first significant contact since 2022

    Pentagon says Lloyd Austin stressed importance of freedom of navigation in call with Dong Jun

    Lloyd Austin
  • Thursday, 4 April, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    US defence secretary rebukes Israel over killing of aid workers in Gaza

    Lloyd Austin warns strike highlights dangers of Israeli plan to attack Rafah

    Lloyd Austin
  • Tuesday, 9 January, 2024
    US politics & policy
    US defence chief Austin was hospitalised after cancer surgery complications

    Criticism has mounted over secretary’s failure to tell White House about three-day absence

    Lloyd Austin
  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    US politics & policy
    Biden stands by Austin despite lack of hospitalisation disclosure

    Secretary of defence was absent for three days before the White House was informed

    Lloyd Austin
  • Sunday, 7 January, 2024
    US politics & policy
    US defence secretary takes blame for concealing hospital stay

    Lloyd Austin remains in treatment for complications after recent surgery

    Lloyd Austin
  • Saturday, 2 December, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    US warns that Israel risks ‘strategic defeat’ unless it protects civilians in Gaza

    Comments by defence secretary Lloyd Austin highlight tensions between allies over mounting fatalities

  • Monday, 20 November, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Zelenskyy fires head of Ukraine’s medical forces as US defence chiefs visit Kyiv

    Washington offers continued support in war against Russia

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks with Major General Tetiana Ostashchenko and Major General Anatoly Kazmirchuk
  • Friday, 27 October, 2023
    Israel-Hamas war
    US strikes Iran-linked targets in Syria

    Defence secretary says ‘narrowly tailored’ action is retaliation for attacks on American forces in region

    US defence secretary Lloyd Austin
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    US says Ukraine needs urgent air defence support

    Defence secretary Lloyd Austin stops short of committing to provide Kyiv with longer-range missiles

    US defence secretary Lloyd Austin
  • Saturday, 29 July, 2023
    Aukus
    US and Australia insist political tussle will not damage submarine deal

    Washington will increase troop deployments and maritime patrols to counter Chinese threat in Indo-Pacific

    An Australian soldier keeps watch as part of the Talisman Sabre 23 military exercises last week in Australia
  • Saturday, 3 June, 2023
    US-China relations
    US defence chief warns China against risky behaviour in Indo-Pacific

    Lloyd Austin calls for more engagement but Beijing blames Washington for breakdown in communication

    US defense secretary Lloyd austin ad the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore
  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    US-China relations
    US defence chief warns incidents with China’s military could ‘spiral out of control’

    Lloyd Austin calls for greater dialogue after Beijing refuses meeting at Shangri-La security forum

    US defence secretary Lloyd Austin
  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    Syrian crisis
    US air strikes target Iran-backed militants in Syria

    Washington retaliates following drone attack that killed an American contractor

    Lloyd Austin
  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    US defence secretary speaks with Russian counterpart over drone incident

    Rare conversation comes amid escalating tensions over downing of aircraft over the Black Sea

    US defence secretary Lloyd Austin talks to media
  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    US tells Netanyahu that focus on West Bank distracts from Iran threat

    Defence secretary Lloyd Austin uses meeting with Israel’s PM to emphasise concerns over escalating violence

    Mounted police in Tel Aviv on Thursday confront protesters opposed to government plans to overhaul Israel’s judicial system
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