Pete Hegseth's remarks came just hours after the US defence chief urged Southeast Asian nations to stand firm and strengthen ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says Washington DC and Beijing will open military communication channels as relations ‘have ...

Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, ...

The United States and the Philippines have formed a new joint task force to strengthen cooperation and increase military readiness in areas including the ...

China’s planned creation of a nature reserve in Bajo de Masinloc poses a threat to smaller countries that rely on the ...

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Saturday took aim at Beijing over an increase in "destabilising actions" in the South China Sea and committed to support Southeast Asian countries with technology to ...

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth called on Southeast Asia to strengthen cooperation in maritime surveillance including the use of ...

The meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, came after a long period of tension and estrangement.

The announcement comes the same day War Secretary Pete Hegseth met with his counterpart, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, for a ...

The U.S. Secretary of Defense said Friday he told his Chinese counterpart during talks in Malaysia that Washington would “stoutly defend” its interests in the Indo-Pacific. He also signed a new ...