Domestic challenges threaten to derail the military’s efforts to upgrade its capabilities and reorient itself toward new ...

BATANES, Philippines >> Marilyn Hubalde still remembers the first time she heard the thunderous chop of military helicopters ...

US troops and missiles positioned in northern Philippines aim to block Chinese naval access through the Bashi Channel amid tensions.

The Philippines and Canada signed a pact on Sunday for their armed forces to train on each other's soil, boosting defence cooperation to tackle common security concerns in the Indo-Pacific region.

Pacific, there now seems a distinct anticipation of a change in the global political and economic order. From a US-run regime, they expect the unfolding of a multilateral order. This is what we read ...

For now, the Pacific Islands have mostly sought to avoid explicit alignment with either China or the United States and its partners. At this year’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders ...

Task Force Philippines will place the supervision and control of maritime confrontations between the Philippines and China ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with representatives of Chinese military personnel in Urumqi, China on Sept. 23, 2025.

The U.S. has deployed troops and anti-ship missiles into the northern Philippines as part of almost continuous, joint war ...

First pressuring South Africa, and now threatening Nigeria, President Donald Trump is letting US domestic politics steer his ...

China, which has long viewed US and allied defense cooperation with deep suspicion, is likely to react negatively to the prospective Philippine-South Korean arms deal.

Philippine defense officials say Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, will sign a key defense agreement that will ...