New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- In a rare, clandestine mission, US President Donald Trump, who was in Turkiye last month to attend a NATO summit, reportedly departed the country on a secret military flight after being transferred to the aircraft via an airport catering truck, while the White House said he was aboard Air Force One.

The Washington Post reported the development on Monday (local time), adding that the mission came amid an assassination threat from Iran against the US President as the two countries resumed hostilities last month, weeks after signing an interim ceasefire agreement in June.

Citing sources familiar with the mission, the Post reported that the operation had previously been unreported and was even unknown to some White Hou...