The United States, Japan and the Philippines have staged joint naval drills to boost crisis readiness off a disputed South ...

The emergency appeal to the high court follows a rejection of the Republican administration’s plea to the federal appeals ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brushed off a question about the Signal group chat scandal on a trip to the Philippines, where ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth pledged anti-ship missile deployments, increased military training and defense industrial ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth met with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to discuss cooperative efforts in promoting deterrence against China.

The U.S. and its Philippine ally are also planning special forces training in the closest province to China-claimed Taiwan.

China's foreign ministry said on Friday (March 28) the Philippines should not start a conflict in the South China Sea with ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the Trump administration would work with allies to ramp up deterrence ...

Deterrence is necessary in Asia in the face of “threats from the Communist Chinese” US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington's "ironclad" commitment to a defence treaty with the Philippines on ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed the United States' "ironclad commitment" to the Mutual Defense Treaty with the ...