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‘When you were in caves …’: Iran taunts US over stone age threat; Hegseth’s tweet gets ‘war crime’ context

AI image used for representative pur NEW DELHI: Iran mocked the US defence secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday over his threats on sending the Middle Eastern nation “to the stone age”.In a post on X from Hegseth that said, “Back to the Stone Age”, Iran gave sharp retort slamming him. “Stone Age? At a time…

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Pete Hegseth’s broker explored investment in defence firms before Iran attack: Report

A broker working for US secretary of war Pete Hegseth explored a major investment in defence-linked assets shortly before the US-Israeli military action against Iran, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.According to the report, the broker, affiliated with Morgan Stanley, reached out in February to BlackRock about putting a…

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‘We negotiate with bombs’: US secretary of war Pete Hegseth’s warning to Iran as Trump talks peace

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has delivered one of the clearest signals yet of Washington’s approach to the ongoing war with Iran, saying: “We negotiate with bombs,” even as the White House insists diplomatic pathways remain open.Speaking as US and Israeli strikes continue across Iranian territory, Hegseth framed the military campaign as both decisive and…

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Anthropic takes US government to court; CFO Krishna Rao says: After President Trump’s and Secretary Hegseth’s social media posts, a major investor in Anthropic informed me that …

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei made a public apology to the US government and Pentagon last week. In a full 180 degree U-turn, CEO apologised for the memo that he sent to employees soon after the company’s talks with Pentagon (Department of War) broke down. Amodei said he is very sorry for the way he handled…

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Kill them all: Why Pete Hegseth’s ‘order’ is a feature, not a bug, of American cowboy justice | World News

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speak before President Donald Trump arrives to pardon the national Thanksgiving turkeys Waddle and Gobble, during a pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) Frederick Forsyth has created many memorable protagonists, but…

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Pete Hegseth’s plane makes emergency landing: Defence secretary unharmed; crack in aircraft’s windshield

A plane carrying US defence secretary Pete Hegseth made an emergency landing in Britain on Wednesday after a crack was discovered in the aircraft’s windshield. Hegseth was returning to the United States from a Nato defence ministers meeting in Brussels when the plane made the unscheduled stop at an airport in Britain, a Pentagon spokesperson…

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