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

Panama's opposition leaders are accusing the U.S. of a "camouflaged invasion" after Trump deployed troops to former military ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pledged that the Trump administration would “take back” the Panama Canal from “China’s influence” on Tuesday during a visit to the key shipping lane.

Shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump said he wanted to have greater control and influence of the Panama Canal, saying: “We didn’t give it to China. We gave it to Panama ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said the U.S. will take back the Panama Canal from "China’s influence" as Washington tries to reassert control over the major trade route.

FILE -- Ships crossing the Gatún locks in the Panama Canal, July 10, 2024. To imagine the kind of future a hotter, dryer climate may bring, and the geopolitical challenges it will create, look no ...

US 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 triggered a ...

Of course, both China and Panama say there isn't any interference in the canal, a waterway whose neutrality is actually enshrined in Panama's Constitution, NBC News says. Since Trump took office ...

One of the tycoon’s companies, which for years has run two ports on the Panama Canal, had been thrust into a broader showdown between China and the United States. So the billionaire, Li Ka-shing ...