These drills come amid Donald Trump’s repeated claims of excessive Chinese influence over the crucial trade route, despite ...

The United States military teamed with Panamanian police to conduct a series of new exercises aimed at protecting the Panama ...

The case of Nimisha Priya, a Kerala nurse facing execution in Yemen on July 16th for murdering a Yemeni national in 2017, has ...

Panama and South Korea have maintained diplomatic relations since 1962, with both countries establishing embassies in each ...

"The United States has a vested interest in the secure, efficient, and reliable operation of the Panama Canal, and that was always understood. We would and will NEVER let it fall into the wrong hands!

Jan. 28 (UPI) --President Donald Trump's suggestion of the United States taking control of the Panama Canal has a legal basis partly due to potential treaty violations involving Chinese activities ...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — 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.

Panama's president has responded to President-elect Trump's idea that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal. After Trump said Sunday that the United States ...

Panama on January 20, 2025, rejected President Donald Trump's pledge that the United States would be "taking back" the Panama Canal, saying the key interoceanic waterway would remain under its ...

In recent weeks, when he was President-elect Donald Trump publicly said that Panama should return the Panama Canal to the United States, and he would not rule out using military force to reclaim it.

The United States handed control of the canal over to Panama in December 1999 after a period of joint-administration that followed U.S.-Panamanian accords signed in 1977.

The United States remains the primary user of the Panama Canal. By the end of fiscal year 2024, more than half of the registered transits originated from or were destined for U.S. ports.