{
  "id": 16860821,
  "title": "US and ASEAN working on defence cooperation deal, says Hegseth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/us-and-asean-working-on-defence-cooperation-deal-says-hegseth",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-28T06:00:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40446294/us-and-asean-working-on-defence-cooperation-deal-says-hegseth"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "CEBU: The United States is ready to support its allies in the Asia-Pacific region “over shared interests that are overlapping and clear,” its Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday. Hegseth told regional defence ministers in Cebu, Philippines, that the US and its allies in Southeast Asia were working on a defence cooperation framework, adding that Washington was ready and willing to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}