On his first full day as secretary of state, Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from a group of countries known as the Quad: the United States plus India, Japan, and Australia, representing nearly 2 billion people and more than a third of global GDP.

Rubio called China the "most potent, dangerous adversary" during his confirmation and is expected to work with India, Japan, and Australia to counter this.

International power rivalry is playing out in the Indian Ocean region, India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy supports the U.S. administration's review of a deal regarding a military base in the Indian Ocean. The agreement proposes ceding the Chagos Islands to Mauritius while retaining control of the base on Diego Garcia.

However, none of the four foreign ministers — Rubio, Australian Penny Wong, Indian S. Jaishankar or Japanese Iwaya Takeshi — spoke as they opened their meeting at the State Department. Instead they stood silent and expressionless in front of their respective flags before journalists were ushered out.

On his first full day as secretary of state, Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from a group of countries known as the Quad, which is made up of the United States plus India, Japan and Australia,

On his first full day as secretary of state, Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from a group of countries known as the Quad: the United States plus India, Japan and Australia, representing n

Three words buried in Donald Trump’s inauguration speech have given the Quad a major shake-up, with Penny Wong agreeing to a change that Australia previously cautiously danced around.

As the world shifts into gear for the next Trump term, striking new polling results have revealed a split in opinion about the new president.

New Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reiterated the Trump administration's refocus on the United States' national interests as the guiding mission of its foreign policy, which he said seeks to make America "safer,

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticized Beijing’s “dangerous and destabilizing” actions in the South China Sea in his early days in office, while reaffirming Washington’s “ironclad” commitment to defend the Philippines.