America’s Pentagon chief will not be in attendance when more than 50 other defense leaders meet this week to coordinate ...

Hegseth’s predecessor, Lloyd Austin, created the group after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Since then, more than 50 member ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Saturday (June 1st) that China poses an “imminent” ...

In an editorial about last year’s forum (“China’s Shangri-La diatribe,” June 6, 2024, page 8), the Taipei Times said it was time that China was called out more explicitly for its behavior. Speaking on ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declared that the “prosperity and security of the American people are linked to those of [the Indo-Pacific] people” and that America is “here to stay” in the ...

Once again, the former Formosa island faces China's aggressive show of force. A fleet of Chinese warships has encircled the ...

Foreign ministry spokesman for Beijing, Lin Jian, accused Australia of “brazenly” spreading a narrative of China as a threat when Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles met with US, Japanese and ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, an oiler ship honoring the late gay rights activist and Navy veteran. The ship, part of the John Lewis class named ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a highly rare move that will strip the ship of the moniker of a slain gay rights activist who ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to rename an oil ship named after gay rights activist Harvey Milk, a move ...