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 ...

Among them: a series of joint exercises from April to June this year in which US forces twice airlifted anti-ship missile launchers here. Until recently, locals say, this smallest and least populous ...

US troops and missiles positioned in northern Philippines aim to block Chinese naval access through the Bashi Channel amid tensions.

The U.S. has deployed troops and anti-ship missiles into the northern Philippines as part of almost continuous, joint war ...

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

Philippine defense officials say Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, will sign a key defense agreement that will ...

The agreement would allow their forces to hold joint battle-readiness drills and expand a web of security alliances to deter ...

China has become more aggressive in the South China Sea, the East China Sea, the South Pacific and beyond with its ...

China’s planned creation of a nature reserve in Bajo de Masinloc poses a threat to smaller countries that rely on the resources of the area, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said during the ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urges Southeast Asian nations to strengthen their maritime forces to counter China's ...

Tian Junli, a spokesperson of the People's Liberation Army's Southern Theater Command, said the joint patrol, with unnamed partners, "seriously undermined regional peace and stability".