Beijing’s nuclear ambitions and Chinese military build up create daunting and grim challenges across the Asia-Pacific, Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister has warned.

For decades, Australia sat on the sidelines of global arms control. Now, amidst a word rapidly re-arming, it’s stepping ...

Defence Minister Richard Marles has backed a speech by his US counterpart, Pete Hegseth, declaring America’s commitment to the Indo-Pacific and warning China posed a real and potentially ...

Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed his US counterpart has pushed Australia to ... as he prepared to deliver a speech on Saturday warning of the risk of an unchecked arms build-up by ...

S INGAPORE - The United States is urging Australia to raise defense spending to 3.5% of GDP, almost a third above the target Canberra has set even for the early 2030s, the Pentagon said Sunday.

Pete Hegseth met with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles in Singapore, along with other world leaders, for a security forum that will focus on China's growing ...

Defence Minister Richard Marles has revealed details of a one-on-one meeting with his US counterpart, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, in which he urged Australia to increase its military spending ...

Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles will on Saturday highlight the risk of a new cycle of nuclear proliferation in Europe and Asia, driven by China's rapid nuclear modernisation, Russia's ...

Australia's defence minister Richard Marles has called on China to explain why it needs to have "such an extraordinary military build-up". He said Beijing needs to provide greater transparency and ...