Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke with his Chinese counterpart, Admiral Dong Jun, late Saturday on the sidelines of a ...

Defence Minister David McGuinty has signed a defence co-operation agreement with the Philippines, on the final day of a visit ...

MANILA: The Philippines and Canada signed a visiting forces agreement on Sunday (Nov 2), the latest military pact struck by Manila as it builds a coalition of allies to deter what it sees as Chinese ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says Washington and Beijing will open military communication channels as relations ‘have never been better’ — even as he warns ASEAN to stand up to China’s ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that Washington and Beijing would establish military-to-military communications channels, adding that bilateral ties between the countries have “never ...

President Marcos arrived in Manila yesterday following his participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in South Korea.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Southeast Asian nations to stand firm and strengthen their maritime forces to counter China’s increasingly “destabilizing” actions in the South China Sea.

Both leaders seem to have recognized what Xi calls "the only correct choice", which is dialogue and cooperation. Recent years of chaotic tariffs, sanctions and technological decoupling have yielded ...

Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, signed a key defense agreement on Sunday to boost combat drills and expand ...

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