The announcement of his pick for ambassador comes after Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal.

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China's ambassador to Panama accused the United States of stirring a "tropical storm" diplomatically and intimidating the Central American country on Monday, following its announcement it would end a ...

Evidence points to the development of XXL vessels that provide a ‘low-risk’ option for attacking key sites, according to a US ...

PANAMA CITY — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Panama Canal faces ongoing threats from China but that together the United States and Panama will keep it secure. Hegseth’s remarks ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth discusses the latest developments with Panama, tensions with China and more on ‘The Will Cain Show.’ WILL CAIN, FOX NEWS HOST: Let's bring back in the secretary of ...

Panama promotes itself “as the bridge of the world, heart of the universe” but lately the narrow Central American Isthmus and its namesake canal that joins the Atlantic to the Pacific have become the ...

The canal's operator stresses its neutrality and a need to drive competition in a move that could potentially stoke more U.S.-China tensions.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday focused again on China's presence in the Western Hemisphere, one day after calling the world power a threat to the Panama Canal.Speaking at a ...

BEIJING – The Chinese government has strongly criticized a planned deal by a Hong Kong conglomerate to sell ports in Panama and elsewhere to an investment group led by an American asset manager, ...

UNITED NATIONS — The United States and China clashed over the Panama Canal at the United Nations on Monday, with the U.S. warning that Beijing’s influence over the key waterway could threaten global ...