U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Southeast Asian nations to stand firm and strengthen their maritime forces to counter China’s increasingly “destabilizing” actions in the South ...

A Mindanao lawmaker on Saturday called on ASEAN member-states and China to support the completion of the Code of Conduct (COC ...

The Philippines will assume the chairmanship of what is now the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and ...

At the close of this year’s ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. officially accepted the bloc’s chairmanship from Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim — a symbolic handover ...

The Philippines will once again take centerstage in the international arena as it assumes the ASEAN chairmanship next year. This marks not only a ceremonial milestone, but also an important strategic ...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who will remain chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) until the end of ...

The United States and the Philippines have formed a new joint task force to strengthen cooperation and increase military ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has officially handed over the Asean chairmanship to the Philippines, which will host it in 2026.

THE Philippines will host the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in 2026.During the Kapihan with the Media in ...