VIENTIANE: Laos, a place that feels stuck in time, is at the precipice of change. Backpackers found the country decades ago, drawn by staggeringly beautiful limestone mountains, elaborate Buddhist ...

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have affirmed the strength of their respective countries’ alliance and the United States ...

The new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s assurance of an “ironclad commitment” to its oldest military ally in Asia, the Philippines, was welcomed on Thursday by analysts, but they ...

This topic emerged during the phone call between DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday. ''Secretaries Manalo and Rubio agreed to explore a first meeting ...

in his first phone call with Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo. Rubio “underscored the United States’ ironclad commitments to the Philippines under our mutual defence treaty ...

In a call with his Philippine counterpart Enrique Manalo, Rubio "underscored the United States' ironclad commitments to the Philippines under our Mutual Defense Treaty," State Department ...

After Trump's inauguration, DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo and Rubio discussed on Wednesday the importance of the alliance between Manila and Washington. “We discussed the importance of the PH-US ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke Wednesday local time with Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo about issues of mutual concern, including so-called China's "dangerous and ...

Discussions of the first meeting between the two leaders emerged during talks between Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo and newly minted US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday night ...

In the call with Mr Manalo, Mr Rubio “underscored the United States’ ironclad commitments to the Philippines” under their mutual defence treaty and discussed ways to advance security ...

In a call with Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, Rubio “underscored the United States’ ironclad commitments to the Philippines under our Mutual Defense Treaty,” US Department of ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a telephone call on Wednesday with his Philippine counterpart, Enrique Manalo, discussed issues of mutual concern, including “the People’s Republic of China ...