The U.S. could be drawn into a conflict between China and the Philippines that's been roiling the South China Sea.

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 ...

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 ...

Singapore, June 1 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto ... Japan and the Philippines will use the bilateral framework of ...

IN line with its ongoing efforts to expand the Philippines’ security ties, Secretary of National Defense (SND) Gilberto Teodoro on Sunday conducted a series of bilateral meetings with defense ...

DEFENSE officials from the Philippines, Australia ... Representing their ministries are Philippine Secretary of National Defense (SND) Gilberto Teodoro, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and ...

MANILA, Philippines — A security ... according to the Department of National Defense. On the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. held ...

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. led national officials in calling on Filipinos to uphold the values of patriotism, ...

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. emphasizes ... summit in the region — in Singapore that day. The Philippines’ Department of National Defense (DND) said in a statement that the US ...

MANILA, Philippines – Defense ministers ... Japanese Minister of Defense Nakatani Gen, Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro Jr., and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ...

They hailed the recent conclusion of Exercise Balikatan in the Philippines, which the US Defense Department described as the "biggest and most complex" in alliance history. The drills, the ...

Media in South Korea are reporting that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected ... South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense stated only that the visit was “unavoidably postponed ...