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Is ASEAN listening?

"Will the rest of the world, Europe. Australia and even the US of A wage war other than words, words and more words, over...

China defense chief: Beijing primed to ‘forcibly’ stop Taiwan self-rule

SINGAPORE – Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun warned Sunday his military is ready to “forcefully” stop Taiwan independence but called for greater exchanges with...

US, China defense chiefs hold 1st talks in nearly 18 months to check tensions

WASHINGTON, DC – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun via video teleconference Tuesday, in the first substantive talks...

Biden sourcing $128m for EDCA projects in PH

US President Joe Biden is sourcing $128 million (P7.24 billion) to execute projects for Enhance Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) sites in the Philippines, Malacañang...

US defense chief treated under general anesthetic, cancels trip

Washington, United States -- US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was treated under general anesthetic for bladder issues as he battles prostate cancer, doctors said...

US defense chief pledges transparency after hospitalization

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday accepted responsibility for failing to disclose a recent hospitalization, following reports that even top White House officials...

Pentagon chief visits Ukraine to reassure Kyiv

KYIV, Ukraine – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday to reassure Ukraine that Washington will continue supporting...

Austin, ASEAN defense chiefs talk in Jakarta

Southeast Asian defense ministers gathered in Indonesia Wednesday for two days of talks that will include meetings with regional counterparts and the Pentagon chief,...

US strikes Iran-linked weapons storage site in Syria

US warplanes carried out a strike on an Iran-linked weapons storage facility in eastern Syria on Wednesday in response to attacks against American personnel,...

Zelensky seeks cover for winter on visit to NATO headquarters

Brussels,  Belgium—President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Ukraine’s allies to arm his country to survive the winter, on his first visit to the alliance’s headquarters...

‘We’ll have your back in SCS’

Pentagon chief tells PBBM amid new PH-US defense guidelines Washington—The United States “will always have the Philippines’ back” in the South China Sea or elsewhere...

US, PH cast security roadmap

China nixes SCS ruling anew, says ‘pandering’ to cause tensions Top Philippine and American officials are ironing out a road map of US security assistance...

The Lloyd Austin visit

"We should therefore prepare, to the best of our abilities, in the hope that if and when the time comes we can acquit ourselves...

US hits China’s ‘destabilizing’ military activity near Taiwan

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday blasted China’s “provocative, destabilizing” military activity near Taiwan, as well as Beijing’s growing aggression across the wider...
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