Pete Hegseth came out strongly against diversity and inclusion initiatives during his first week as secretary of defense. A 57-year-old political bloc got a rare mention in the halls of the U.S.

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn't tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a pact ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and depth of knowledge” needed to lead international negotiations, asked ...

While ASEAN's status as an invited guest in the G20 affords the bloc some influence, permanent membership would give it crucial consensus-building power. ASEAN is important both economically and ...

Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia’s smallest economy, is now ASEAN’s newest member. On Oct 26, the regional body voted in the island nation as its eleventh member at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur.