Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and ...

Panama and the U.S. signed a new security pact on the canal, boosting defense ties as tensions with China over Latin American ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Panama Canal faces threats from China but together the U.S. and Panama will keep ...

The Chinese government is accusing the U.S. of “blackmail” after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared Beijing a ...

The defense secretary warned China has “too much influence” over the vital waterway and that the Trump administration “is ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took a victory lap over two recent “historic” agreements on the Panama Canal, marking major ...

A deal has reportedly been made which will see troops deployed to the Central American country for training exercises.

But the deal hailed by Donald Trump as a way to regain American control of the Panama Canal seems to get more complicated by ...

Larry Fink is playing the long game. With a little time, a possible nudge from President Trump and some on-the-ground ...

The United States will "take back" the Panama Canal from Chinese influence, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on ...

China has so far successfully stalled the deal to stop that advantage from slipping out of its grasp. BlackRock originally ...