Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is delivering a speech in Singapore. His address comes as part of the Shangri-La Dialogue 2025, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

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. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives in Singapore to attend Asian security summit. Republican senators question cost of Army’s parade spectacle set for Trump’s birthday ‘The ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard are leading a U.S. delegation to Singapore this week to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's premier security ...

SINGAPORE (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are among the world leaders, diplomats and top defense officials in Singapore this weekend for a ...

Singapore — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific on Saturday that they will not be left alone to face increasing military and economic pressure from China ...

Hegseth’s trip to Singapore is his second to the region since becoming defense secretary, following a March visit to the Philippines, which has seen escalating confrontations with China over ...

SINGAPORE (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are among the world leaders, diplomats and top defense officials in Singapore this weekend for a ...

Hegseth told reporters before he boarded his plane for Singapore that Washington's policies were meant to deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. “We seek no conflict with anybody, including the ...

Speaking in Singapore as part of the Shangri-La Dialogue 2025, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Hegseth once again called on U.S. allies, particularly in Europe, to ...