Al Jazeera looks back at the most devastating period in Laos’s history, when the US waged a years-long ‘Secret War’.

A meeting of defense leaders in Laos took place on Thursday, and included Southeast Asian defense chiefs, China, the United ...

Chinese Minister of National Defense Dong Jun declined to meet with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin due to the recent U.S.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, on one of his last trips to Asia, expressed regret Thursday that China chose not to meet with ...

The the Biden administration has approved the sending anti-personnel landmines, which are banned by more than 150 countries, ...

In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Austin called women in the military a strong asset. Trump's choice for defense ...

His remarks came during a press conference in Vientiane, Laos, on the sidelines of the ... force on earth,” said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as he delivered a message to women serving in ...

China pointed to a recent U.S. sale of weapons to Taiwan as the rationale behind the decision to decline the meeting.

The closed-door talks put U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense ... Before heading to Laos, Austin concluded meetings in Australia with officials there and with Japan ...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met with US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin and discussed the progress made in the India-US defence partnership, highlighting increased cooperation in defence ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin gave an impassioned defense of women in combat on Tuesday following Pete Hegseth, ...

Not on Austin’s official agenda, however, is a remembrance of Operation Barrel Roll and the start of the darkest chapter in Laos’s modern history. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ...