India, Nov. 10 -- US secretary of war Pete Hegseth on Tuesday dismissed the impeachment move against him over alleged abuse of power during the Iran war, calling it a farce that was bound to fail. Hegseth made the remarks at a news conference, a day after US Representative Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, introduced eight articles of impeachment against him.

Trump reacted to Hegseth's briefing, rating his defence against a "disgruntled" Massie as "A PLUS, PLUS, PLUS". The US president called Massie an "angry, defeated, former Congressman".

Addressing the impeachment effort at his first Pentagon news conference since May, Hegseth said previous attempts to impeach US President Donald Trump had failed and added, "They will fail a...