Philippine defense officials say Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in ...

Pete Hegseth's remarks came just hours after the US defence chief urged Southeast Asian nations to stand firm and strengthen ...

US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth joined hands with his Chinese counterpart, Adm. Dong Jun, to create US-China military ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that Washington and Beijing would establish military-to-military communications channels, adding that bilateral ties between the countries have “never ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says Washington DC and Beijing will open military communication channels as relations ‘have ...

U.S. and China establish military communication channels, signalling improved relations amid ongoing tensions in the South China Sea.

The United States and the Philippines have formed a new joint task force to strengthen cooperation and increase military readiness in areas including the ...

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 ...

The United States Secretary of Defense proposed to ASEAN defense ministers the building of shared maritime domain awareness and said China had shown a lack of respect and threatened their territorial ...

Defense secretary praises U.S.-China relations but says better communications needed to “deconflict and deescalate any problems that arise.” ...