U.S. military cooperation as a direct security challenge, not only in the South China Sea but also in the Taiwan Strait.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during his visit to the Philippines on Mar. 28, 2025. MANILA, Philippines — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the Trump administration would ...

MANILA (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington's "ironclad" commitment to a defence treaty with the Philippines on Friday and pledged to deploy advanced capabilities to ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during his visit to the Philippines on March 28, 2025. AP MANILA, Philippines — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the Trump ...

The United States is deploying around 9,000 troops to the Philippines for this year's joint military exercises, as the allies ...

The United States military's Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) has arrived in the Philippines in ...

US defense chief Pete Hegseth met Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Friday, saying the two countries must stand ...

Still, Hegseth’s message was clear: deterrence is key in the Indo-Pacific region in the face of China’s aggression — and the ...

The Philippines and the United States are set to discuss ways to further strengthen their bilateral and multilateral ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a message of reassurance on his first official trip to Asia ... Following stopovers in Hawaii and the U.S. territory of Guam, Hegseth cast his Friday visit to ...

Pete Hegseth said that President Donald Trump 'has made it clear that the Panama Canal and the canal areas cannot and will ...

The Balikatan drills verge on "a full battle test, which means we are now treating the exercise as a rehearsal for our ...