US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Thursday said America’s alliance with the Philippines remains “ironclad” even though the Asian ally’s leader has vowed to end joint military exercises. The Pentagon chief’s remarks came as he headed for a security summit in Hawaii, where concerns about Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, China’s ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Thursday that Moscow was on the brink of ending its talks with Russia on the Syrian conflict. “I think we are on the verge of suspending the discussion because, you know, it’s irrational in the context of the kind of bombing taking place, ...