Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth says the US and Panama have made moves to strengthen ties and remove ‘China's influence’ from canal.

Shortly before United States President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, he announced his intention to “take back” the Panama Canal from what he termed “China control”.

Exactly 25 years after Panama recovered its sovereignty over the canal and negotiated the definitive departure of the US ...

A deal has reportedly been made which will see troops deployed to the Central American country for training exercises.

Panama said on Wednesday the United States recognized its sovereignty over the Panama Canal, despite tough rhetoric from ...

US troops will be able to deploy to a string of bases along the Panama Canal under a joint deal seen by AFP Thursday, a major concession to President Donald Trump as he seeks to reestablish ...

The escalating war of words between the US and China over the canal has left Panama – which does not have a military – baffled and brings to mind the old proverb of how “when elephants fight ...

Trump has complained that handing over the canal was a bad deal for the United States. While Hegseth spoke about working with Panama to remove "malign" Chinese influence, Trump has spoken in ...

(CNN) — 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 ...