Super Garuda Shield is a joint military exercise that has been held annually by U.S. and Indonesian soldiers since 2009.

China has objected to Hegseth calling it a threat in the Indo-Pacific region, the ministry added, describing his comments at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31 as "deplorable".

Indonesia and the United States began annual joint military exercises on Monday together with forces from a dozen other ...

A Defense Department spokesman lashed out Wednesday at a Washington Post investigation into Secretary Pete Hegseth’s security ...

The grasping claws of communist China will be reaching for Taiwan sooner than most nations expect, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday as he urged Asian nations to be prepared. In a ...

Hegseth acknowledged the challenges Marcos’s country faces with China and emphasized U.S. commitment to its Asian ally, highlighting the “ironclad” commitment by the United States to protect ...

Hegseth’s words came as Reuters exclusively obtained satellite images showing two long-range H-6 bombers around the Scarborough Shoal this week, deployed by China.

BEIJING — China on Sunday denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality as tensions between Washington and ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday focused again on China's presence in the Western Hemisphere, one day after calling the world power a threat to the Panama Canal.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday focused again on China's presence in the Western Hemisphere, one day after calling the world power a threat to the Panama Canal. Speaking at a ...