US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said China poses an ongoing threat to the Panama Canal, but that together the US and Panama will keep the key waterway secure. Speaking at a ribbon cutting ...

The Panama Canal has once again become a focus of geopolitical ... This renewed interest comes ahead of US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s visit to Panama this week, where he is expected ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's defence minister Dong Jun will skip a major Asian security forum this weekend at which U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will make his debut, instead sending a lower-level ...

BEIJING: No top Chinese defence officials will attend a key regional summit in Singapore this week, Beijing said on Thursday (May 29), despite ongoing tensions with the United States. The Shangri-La ...

We gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back." Thus spoke Donald Trump shortly after BlackRock, an American investment firm ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Panama City | The United States will take back the Panama Canal from Chinese influence, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth also gave a public nod to Panamanian sovereignty at the conclusion of the first visit by a Pentagon chief to Panama in decades. Mr Hegseth said he sees the canal ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that the US will not allow China to threaten the Panama Canal. Hegseth met with Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino. China denied it interfered in canal ...

Panama has assured India of its support for the "war against terror" as an all-party delegation led by Congress MP Shashi ...

Reporter Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned there’s so much communism in the air at the Panama Canal you can “feel it.” “I want to thank President Molina, a pro-Trump, pro-America p ...

It would also lend weight not just to Mr Trump’s exaggerated claim that China “operates” the Panama canal but to broader ... help China to build defence ties and repair or replenish warships ...