Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

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 ...

Top ranking officials of the Philippines and the United States of America met on January 22 and tackled China’s dangerous maneuvers in the South China Sea. The US Department of State, in a read out shared to the media on Thursday,

Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya met with Enrique Manalo, his Philippine counterpart, in Manila on Jan. 15, days before Donald Trump returns to the White House. “We agreed to maintain and ...

The Status of Visiting Forces Agreement will enable the armed forces of the Philippines and New Zealand to elevate their cooperation activities and conduct exercises in each other’s territories.

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

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 ...

behavior undermines regional peace and stability and is inconsistent with international law," the U.S. State Department said in a statement on his call with Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo.

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 ...

This topic emerged during the phone call between DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday. ''Secretaries Manalo and Rubio agreed to explore a first meeting between Presidents Marcos and Trump in the near future,'' the ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore's core inflation fell to 1.8 per cent year-on-year in December from 1.9 per cent in November. The drop was due to a moderation in services inflation, the Monetary Authority ...

Rubio also had a phone call with South Korea's foreign minister Cho Tae-yul, where he agreed to continue close cooperation on North Korea, and Indonesia's Foreign Minister Sugiono, where he discussed trade, maritime security and the importance of peace and stability in Indo-Pacific, according to the State Department.