Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to bolstering defense cooperation with the Philippines, as he described the two nations' partnership as key to helping keep ...

Japan and the Philippines on Sunday, announced the NMESIS deployment at a press conference Friday with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro. “We agreed that the United ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the ... The Chinese Communist Party presents the most significant threat to the Philippines’ national security, he said. “We are facing a problem ...

MANILA, Philippines — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday ... its promises and abandoning its allies” throughout its history. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun ...

Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro ... Japan and the Philippines will use the bilateral framework of strategic dialogue between unit ...