The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) under the Philippine chairmanship in 2026 will try to play a larger role ...

Last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio talked about China’s “dangerous and destabilizing actions in the South China Sea” with Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique A. Manalo and ...

Beijing has repeatedly asserted sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and accused rival claimant states, including the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia, of encroachment. China has ...

The incident underscores Beijing's assertive claims in the region, where it has repeatedly clashed with the Philippines, Vietnam, and Malaysia. These tensions ... Rubio and Philippine Foreign ...

Beijing has repeatedly asserted sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and accused rival claimant states, including the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia of encroachment ... his Philippine ...

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have affirmed the strength of their respective countries’ alliance and the United States ...

The new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s assurance of an “ironclad commitment” to its oldest military ally in Asia, the Philippines, was welcomed on Thursday by analysts, but they ...

In the call with Mr Manalo, Mr Rubio “underscored the United States’ ironclad commitments to the Philippines” under their mutual defence treaty and discussed ways to advance security ...

in his first phone call with Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo. Rubio “underscored the United States’ ironclad commitments to the Philippines under our mutual defence treaty ...