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 ...

We certainly respect the sovereignty of the Panamanians,” the U.S. defense secretary said before departing the country back ...

But the pact stops short of allowing Washington to build its own bases on the isthmus, a move Panama warned would ‘set the ...

Panama and the US appear to have agreed to let American warships use the Panama Canal, effectively for free. But beneath the ...

The Trump administration has made the security of the canal, built by the U.S. more than a century ago, a top priority for ...

Hegseth, who was in Panama on Tuesday to meet with its government officials, spoke from a new U.S.-financed pier at the Vasco Nuñez de Balboa Naval Base on the canal. He said Beijing would not be ...