MANILA: The Philippines has deployed a coast guard vessel and an aircraft to challenge and escort a Chinese research ship it ...

The Philippine Coast Guard accused China on Monday of conducting illegal marine scientific research activities within the ...

A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces ...

Analysts suspect China's fleet of civilian research ships also gather intelligence on behalf of the People's Liberation Army.

The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group provides presence and combat-ready forces in the South China Sea, the U.S. Seventh Fleet told ...