Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Philippines on Monday rejected China’s claim ...

China’s military said it “effectively stopped” a Philippine Navy ship from entering waters near a disputed South China Sea shoal this week – an encounter Manila described as “reckless ...

Tensions spike in the South China Sea as the Philippine Navy accuses China of unsafe and aggressive maneuvers near the ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing ... has deployed an anti-ship missile launcher ...

The Philippines has deployed a coastguard vessel and an aircraft to challenge and escort a Chinese research ship it said was ... why the South China Sea is so important to Beijing History, money ...

The Philippines and China gave conflicting versions on Thursday of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the South China Sea, the latest incident in a longstanding dispute between the ...

In December 2024, China launched its first new-generation Type 076 amphibious assault ship, CNS Sichuan. Unlike the Hainan, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrived in the Philippines on Tuesday to further boost an alliance in the face of China’s growing assertiveness in the region.

The encounter was notable for the involvement of naval vessels—a rare occurrence in a long-running dispute more commonly played out by the nations' coast guards, seen as posing a lower risk of ...

have been accused of separately ramming and blocking and using powerful water cannons against Philippine and Vietnamese ships in the disputed South China Sea in recent years. China claims virtually ...

MANILA/BEIJING - The Philippines and China gave conflicting versions on Thursday of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the South China Sea ... for a British ship grounded ...