Japan and the Philippines plan to convey to President-elect Donald Trump the urgent need for the U.S. to remain committed to upholding the rule of law in an Asian region where China's actions are caus

The US secured ties with key Asian allies Japan and the Philippines ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, with President Joe Biden expressing optimism that a trilateral alliance will continue.

Both nations plan to engage Trump's administration and China diplomatically to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Many in the Philippines are wary about the future of its relationship with the US as president-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.

A contentious meeting in Manila for U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has reverberated through the Biden Pentagon's plan for competing with China.

NUUK, Greenland — The people of Greenland, the Inuit, the people of the farthest north, are famously quiet. At church, you can barely hear them when they sing. In conversation, you have to lean in. This doesn’t mean they are passive. They eat polar bears.

The Philippines’ Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo discusses how his nation navigates tensions in the South China Sea, and how he expects Manila-Washington ties to develop under the incoming Trump administration,

Several groups say Donald Trump poses a grave danger to the region and worry the US president-elect may involve the Philippines in a war.

Manila and Beijing have clashed off the disputed waters in the past months, as both nations assert their claims. The Philippines is a longtime US treaty ally that allows it to call on American help in case of an armed attack in the disputed waterway that holds huge energy potential.

Gray did have to go pretty far back for a model. He pointed to Denmark’s 17th century purchase of St. Croix from France. The territory was purchased by the U.S. as part of a 1916 treaty and is now part of the Virgin Islands.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks about his ambitions for buying Greenland from Denmark and retaking the Panama Canal despite a treaty.