Preparations are well underway for the Philippines’ chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in ...

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

The Status of Visiting Forces Agreement will enable the armed forces of the Philippines and New Zealand to elevate their ...

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Marco Rubios Southeast and East Asia strategies will be aimed at countering China by ...

Particularly in his calls with Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, Rubio underscored ... Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar tend to lean more toward Beijing, and Indonesia ...

In his phone call with Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo on Wednesday, Rubio condemned Beijing for its "dangerous and destabilising" actions and reaffirmed Washington's "ironclad ...

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 ...

(2nd UPDATE) The DFA says Manalo and Rubio 'agreed to explore a first meeting between Presidents Marcos and Trump in the near future' MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique ...

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 a call with his Philippine counterpart Enrique Manalo, Rubio “underscored the United States’ ironclad commitments to the Philippines under our Mutual Defense Treaty,” State Department ...

MARCO Rubio, the new US Secretary of State, has assured Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo that the Trump administration will continue to be committed to the treaty that requires ...