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 ...

BATANES, Philippines >> Marilyn Hubalde still remembers the first time she heard the thunderous chop of military helicopters swooping over this northernmost outpost of the Philippines, less than 90 ...

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 ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that Washington and Beijing would establish military-to-military communications channels ... their maritime forces to ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama-PNA) -- The upgrade of the China-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Free Trade Area (ACFTA) to version 3.0, set to be signed on Oct 28, is expected to open ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (Bernama) -- The signing of the upgraded ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA 3.0), the closing ceremony of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits, and the official Handing Over ...

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 ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Southeast Asian nations to stand firm and strengthen their maritime forces to counter China's increasingly destabilising actions in the South China ...