China's foreign and defense ministries issued angry statements after Hegseth called the People's Republic a "threat" at a ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth​ reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific on Saturday that they will not be left alone to ...

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The US defence secretary says there is 'near consensus' on a 5% defence spending commitment for Nato member states.

In a world rattled by President Trump’s tariffs and his scorn for Western allies, the defense secretary struck a rare note of ...

Australia’s defence hawks have chosen to overlook US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sabre-rattling and inconvenient omission of AUKUS in his weekend speech in Singapore, instead focusing on ...

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has asked Australia to dramatically raise its military spending to 3.5% of gross ...

China calls Pete Hegseth's remarks "deplorable ... including key security partner Australia, to spend more on defence after warning of the "real and potentially imminent" threat from China.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday in Singapore attempted to woo Asian defense leaders to Washington’s side as he warned of the “imminent” threat China poses to the Indo-Pacific region.

In his opening remarks, Hegseth warned China seeks no less than hegemony over the region and is increasingly willing to ...