Trump’s “America First” foreign policy thrust has triggered concerns in Asia about the scale and depth of US commitment to ...

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth explicitly called "communist" China a threat during his first visit to the ...

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth touched down in Manila on Thursday, March 27 — his first international stop — ...

US defence secretary meets Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos amid controversy over leaking of Yemen strike plans.

Embattled US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is tipped to announce the deployment of a second Typhon missile defence system ...

Pete Hegseth reaffirmed America’s “ironclad commitment” to defend the Philippines amid threats from China as the Pentagon ...

US defense chief Pete Hegseth said Friday that Washington and the Philippines must stand "shoulder to shoulder" in the face ...

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

America’s comparative advantage in advancing its interests is through the strengthening of its alliances and partnerships in ...

To be sure, it is still early days in the second Trump administration and its effects on the nature of U.S.-China asymmetric ...

Images recovered from the suspects' phones show photos of military ships docked in the area. U.S. Naval Institute News identified the vessels as including littoral combat ship the USS Savannah, an ...

DOD PHOTO BY U.S. AIR FORCE SENIOR AIRMAN MADELYN KEECH Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visits the USS ARIZONA (BB-39 ) memorial at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 24, 2025. 1 /2 DOD ...