The defence secretary also lashed out at the media in a combative briefing which was praised by his boss at the White House.

"President Trump directed the most complex and secretive military operation in history, and it was a resounding success, ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, held a press conference from the Pentagon after the U.S. strikes on Iran.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is giving an update at the Pentagon - earlier, Iran claimed it gave the US a "heavy slap".

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth took the lectern at the Pentagon briefing room on Thursday morning with two goals. He wanted to present evidence of the success of the American attack on Iran's ...

Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, released video of the tests of the type of "bunker-buster" bombs that ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended recent airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, saying they were a major success.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has insisted that American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites were a success, backing ...

US military bombers carried out strikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities early Sunday local time using more than a ...

Days after Trump ordered a series of bombings on Iran, his administration still cannot — or will not — answer several key ...

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were adamant Thursday that Iran wasn’t able to move any highly enriched uranium prior to Saturday’s US strikes on three nuclear facilities ...

One week after the US strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, there is no consensus as to how effective they were.With those ...