The US Department of Defense announced on Friday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will depart next week for a trip to ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to the ...

He covers U.S.-China relations ... waters are closer to a major Philippine island than the reefs that have typically been the focus of the neighbors' territorial dispute and well within the ...

In addition to China and the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have been locked in separate but increasingly tense territorial disputes in the waterway, which is regarded as a ...

The Philippines government has made a series of high-profile arrests of Chinese spies, with many facing charges of espionage and illicit intelligence gathering in recent months. The crackdown comes ...

China's Defense Ministry on Friday urged the Philippines to immediately halt "risky but futile provocations" in the South ...

China warns the Philippines over South China Sea tensions after Manila calls Beijing its biggest security threat, accusing it ...

The involvement of an extra-regional great power in a small power’s territorial disputes with China may prove ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to Asia next week, for talks that will include increasing deterrence against aggression in the ...

Malaysia assumes the Asean Chairmanship in 2025, a crucial opportunity to influence regional policies on two pressing issues: ...

MANILA, Philippines ... including in the South China Sea. Beijing has warned Washington, in return, to stay out of what it calls a purely Asian dispute and stop actions that endanger regional ...

In the US, chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell later said Hegseth will visit Hawaii to meet civilian and military leaders ...