US urges ASEAN to be firm in countering China in the South China Sea

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urges Southeast Asian nations to strengthen their maritime forces to counter China's ...

Philippines stages naval and air drills with US, Australia and New Zealand in disputed South China Sea

The Armed Forces of the Philippines said on Saturday that its forces staged naval and air drills with counterparts from the ...

South China Sea: what does Europe see in the Philippines?

Sweden is eyeing a permanent defence attaché in the Philippines to secure trade lanes against a ‘changed China’ in the ...

Philippines, Canada ink defence pact to counter China

The deal allows Canadian troops to join joint land exercises with the Philippine military, expanding Ottawa’s role beyond ...

Canada and Philippines to sign defense pact to boost combat drills and deter China's aggression

Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, ...

US slams Beijing’s Scarborough Shoal claim, urges ASEAN to stand firm against China’s ‘destabilising’ actions

The US has condemned China’s claim over Scarborough Shoal, urging ASEAN nations to stand firm against Beijing’s growing ...

US and China agree to set up direct military communication channels, Hegseth says

U.S. 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 ...