The Chinese defense ministry declined an invitation for a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who is in the Pacific region this week, the latest hurdle in a rocky relationship between ...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia (CNN) — US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin traveled to Cambodia on Tuesday to meet with the country’s prime minister and defense minister, as Washington becomes increasingly ...

MANILA, Philippines -- U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday condemned China's dangerous actions against the Philippines and renewed a warning that the United States would defend its treaty ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to Cambodia to push for stronger military ties with China’s closest ally in Southeast Asia. Prior to meeting with the defense secretary and prime minister, ...

Lloyd Austin, on one of his last trips to Asia as Defense Secretary, expressed regret Thursday that China chose not to meet with Southeast Asia defense ministers this week in Laos. At the same press ...

A recent audit of Pentagon funding of gain-of-function research outside the US “may have shielded” collaborations with Chinese biotech firms — including at least one linked to Beijing’s military, a ...

While Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin informed political and defense officials in Singapore that U.S. relations with China are showing signs of improvement, most of his speech centered on enhancing ...

Rep. Jim Banks is pressing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to answer questions about Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s 30 trips to China. Mr. Banks said the trips by Mr. Walz, who spent ...