Pete Hegseth blamed the previous Biden Administration for insufficient actions that emboldened aggressors like China.

Region is in 'stable tension', analyst tells Boao Forum. 'We already have so many actors in the region ... It's so crowded, this place' A combination of poor diplomacy and deep mistrust among South ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pledged to bolster Manila’s capacity to push back against Beijing’s growing assertiveness ...

China is deploying long-range strategic bombers in the South China Sea amid its ongoing territorial disputes with several ...

China's military said it had conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on Friday, the day U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

Warning comes after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth visits Philippines and Japan with pledges to boost defence cooperation.

It's Beijing's latest move to assert sovereignty over the hotly disputed atoll in the South China Sea, satellite images ...

The Philippine defense chief has called China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea as “the biggest fiction and lie” that ...

Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilbert Teodoro on Monday laid out Manila’s plans to deter Chinese efforts in the ...

The Chinese military has announced large-scale drills around Taiwan as it again warned the self-ruled island against seeking ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Friday that the U.S. intends to boost military ties with the Philippines to strengthen ...