US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to address Asia's major defense gathering in Singapore amid ongoing China-EU tensions. Notably, China's Defense Minister will not be attending the Shangri-La Dialogue for the second consecutive year.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth will address Asia’s main annual defence gathering on Saturday, with US allies perhaps hoping to avoid a repeat of last year’s ticking off. Hegseth’s morning speech will be the main event at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, particularly as Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun is not attending for the second year in a row. Other speakers on the agenda include the defence ministers of Australia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Qatar. Australia, Japan and South.....