U.S.-Philippines relations

The pact could allow the Philippines to access more sophisticated weapons systems from its long-standing security ally.

From its base in Luzon, the Typhon land-based missile system has the ability to strike targets in mainland China.

“He was not a strategic thinker. His foreign policy flowed from his personal likes and dislikes.”

The Philippines will temporarily host Afghans stuck in the lengthy approval process for a special immigrant visa to the United States.

The announcement caps off two years that have seen a considerable strategic convergence between the two long-standing allies.

The U.S. secretary of state will begin the six-nation tour with a visit to Vietnam to attend the funeral of the late Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong.

According to a Reuters investigation, the Pentagon used social media accounts to sow doubt about China's Sinovac vaccine.

As a proof of concept for the G-7's Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment, there is a lot riding on the initiative in the northern Philippines.

The Philippines' largest island has become the focus of U.S. and Japanese attempts to counter China's growing power in the South China Sea.

The trilateral summit, which will be held in Washington on April 11, comes at a time of increasing tension in the western Pacific.

The Biden administration is hoping to elevate economic relations with Manila to keep step with the recent enhancement of security ties.