WASHINGTON, DC: US defence secretary Lloyd Austin was discharged from Walter Reed National Medical Center at 3.30pm (local time) on Tuesday, the US department of defence announced in a statement. In a statement, the US department of defence said, “He is recovering well and resumed his full functions and dutiesContinue Reading
Retaliatory air-strikes conducted by the United States on Iranian-linked forces in Iraq and Syria are “not an escalation” of the conflict in the Middle East, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says. On Friday, the US military carried out a wave of strikes at four sites in Iraq and three in SyriaContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon‘s independent inspector general will investigate US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s recent medical treatment and failure to report his hospitalization to the rest of the government, a memo released Thursday said.Austin kept President Joe Biden and Congress in the dark about his prostate cancer diagnosis for over aContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: US defense secretary Lloyd Austin was admitted to intensive care last week for complications from prostate cancer surgery, doctors said Tuesday, after he faced criticism for waiting days to inform the White House about his extended hospital stay.The 70-year-old’s failure to disclose his hospitalization left top officials in theContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The administration of President Joe Biden has begun to publicly air its differences with the Israeli government over the conduct of the war in Gaza, expressing its exasperation even as it remains largely steady in its support.Biden referred this week to “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza, underscoring his frustration withContinue Reading
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has refused to comment on reports a fifth former immigration detainee, released into the community after last month’s landmark High Court decision, had been arrested. A former Sudanese child soldier was arrested in Queensland on Thursday after it was realised there was a warrant to returnContinue Reading
A large gathering of Australians celebrating the Hamas attack on Israel has been condemned by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The crowd gathered outside of Lakemba station in Western Sydney on Sunday night, cheering on the surprise assault by the Palestinian Islamist militant group. The death toll has climbed to moreContinue Reading
The search is ongoing for four Australian military personnel believed killed when their helicopter crashed into the Pacific Ocean late Friday night. On Saturday, debris from the MRH-90 Taipan was discovered in subtropical waters off the northeast coast of Queensland. But there was no sign of the four missing crewContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The US has expressed concern over China’s recent behavior towards Philippine vessels in the South China Sea, as the Southeast Asian nation reported Chinese vessels “swarming” south of an oil and gas-rich area in contested waters.US defense secretary Lloyd Austin, in a readout released on Thursday after a callContinue Reading
Former NATO supreme commander James Stavridis has warned the near-collision between Chinese and US warships in the Taiwan Strait brought the world to within inches of conflict. The US destroyer USS Chung-Hoon, accompanied by the Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal, on Saturday timed a “freedom of navigation” passage of the disputedContinue Reading