Washington and Beijing would establish military-to-military communication channels, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Hours later, he struck a notably softer tone online, saying that US–China ties have “never been better” and that both sides ...