China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own, although the Chinese Communist Party has never ruled there. Taipei is a key U.S. security partner in the center of the so-called first island ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth expressed his desire to ensure that the South Korea-U.S. alliance is "strategically ...

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth confirmed that the Defense Department’s cloud services were previously supported by China-based ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the DOD is "looking into" a Microsoft cloud program that used Chinese engineers after an ...

Microsoft on Friday said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the U.S. military after ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a stark warning to America ... military officials and business leaders — Hegseth identified China as a growing military threat to the region. “There’s no ...

BEIJING − China protested to the United States against "vilifying" remarks made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the foreign ministry said June 1, while accusing Washington of deliberately ...

In a major policy shift, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has launched a new initiative to “unleash” U.S. drone capabilities, aiming to equip every Army squad with small, one-way attack drones by 2026.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has warned of China posing an "imminent" threat to Taiwan, while urging Asian countries to boost defence spending and work with the US to deter war.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday warned of a rapidly growing threat from China in the Indo-Pacific region, saying that China is preparing to eventually invade Taiwan, but the United ...

The US, under both Trump and his predecessor Joe Biden, has been ramping up its efforts to contain China. In 2023, it used the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement to gain access to four more ...

Pete Hegseth, U.S. secretary of defense, in a statement to the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 11: "When an opponent sees our well-equipped and tough-as-nails warriors, they will decide ...