Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said Thursday that security anxiety over China was partly driving deepening ties with Indonesia in a region riven by rivalry between Beijing and Washington.

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 ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles on Saturday urged greater ... that was meant from our point of view, by a much greater degree of surveillance than we've ever ...

(Bloomberg) -- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth urged Australia to increase its military spending, in the latest push from the Trump administration for its allies to shoulder a greater ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with his Australian counterpart Richard Marles in Singapore on Friday. The two are attending a security forum that will focus on China's growing ...

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 ...

(Bloomberg) -- US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has asked Australia to dramatically raise its military spending to 3.5% of gross domestic product “as soon as possible,” according to an ...