U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told his Chinese counterpart the U.S. will “stoutly defend" its Indo-Pacific interests during talks in Malaysia.

The U.S. has deployed troops and anti-ship missiles into the northern Philippines as part of almost continuous, joint war drills throughout the country. One goal: to block the Bashi Channel and deny Chinese warships access to the Pacific Ocean if Beijing attacks Taiwan.

Leaders of Pacific countries and territories, including China’s Xi Jinping, are gathering in South Korea for a major summit Friday. But the leader of one global powerhouse is conspicuously absent: Donald Trump.

Leaders in the Pacific Northwest are largely bullish on the region's continued economic success — but one threat to the region's fiscal progress worries them in particular.

Philippine budget airline Cebu Pacific on Friday unveiled a partnership with Bulgarian national carrier Bulgaria Air that will run through December 2025 and January 2026.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said four narco-terrorists were killed in a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Secretary of War Pete Hegseth via X)

Several Pacific Northwest companies were listed as donors for the $300 million ballroom replacing the East Wing of the White House.

Australia has started deporting foreign-born criminals to a barren Pacific island under a controversial new deal.