The Philippines' top diplomat to the United States expressed confidence Monday that President Donald Trump's new administration would continue military patrols in the disputed South China Sea and move ahead with an agreed expansion of the U.

While cloaked in the language of regional solidarity, Manila's narrative is a dangerous signal of Cold War nostalgia, selective victimhood, and a blatant attempt to hijack ASEAN's consensus-driven ethos to serve narrow national interests—primarily its escalating territorial issues and maritime disputes with China.

China's defense spending will rise by 7.2 percent in 2025, the same as last year, Beijing said on Wednesday, as its armed forces undergo rapid modernization and eye deepening strategic competition with the United States.

China’s defense spending will rise by 7.2 percent in 2025, the same as last year, Beijing said Wednesday, as its armed forces undergo rapid

THE National Security Council (NSC) on Tuesday called on the Filipino people and the international community to remain vigilant against disinformation

Malacañang on Monday said it was studying reports about tools and equipment donated by China having so-called “spy bugs” for use in espionage activities against the Philippine government. In a press briefing,

The encounter followed Tuesday's near collision between an intercepting Chinese military helicopter and a Philippine turboprop.

China unlocked more fiscal stimulus on Wednesday, promising greater efforts to support consumption and cushion the impact of an escalating trade war with the United States on an economy that Beijing is determined to grow by another 5 percent or so this year.