Australia defends US in latest South China Sea dispute
Australia backed the United States on Thursday in its so-called freedom of navigation operation close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, a patrol China has denounced as …
Australia backed the United States on Thursday in its so-called freedom of navigation operation close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, a patrol China has denounced as …
Criminals and the corrupt may know where they stand with incoming Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. However, things are less clear for the US and China. While the outspoken mayor has …
Japan’s first stealth fighter jet took its maiden flight on Friday. The prototype, known as the ‘X-2’, is capable of evading radar detection, an indication that Japan’s concerns about China’s regional …
Plans to deepen US-Philippine military ties, including joint patrols in the South China Sea, reflect a “Cold War mentality”, China’s defense ministry said, pledging to resolutely oppose any infringement on …
The US said on Thursday that it had launched joint South China Sea naval patrols with the Philippines, escalating its presence as it accused Beijing of “militarising” a region which …
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Thursday that US troops and military equipment would be sent on regular rotations in the Philippines and that the two countries had started …
The US has allocated more than $120 million in military aid to the Philippines this year, the most in about 15 years, a senior Philippine diplomat said on Friday, amid …
China has begun operating a lighthouse on one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea near where a US warship sailed last year to challenge China’s territorial claims. …
About 8,000 US and Filipino troops began military exercises on Monday against a backdrop of tension over China’s greater assertiveness in the South China Sea. Over the next two weeks, …
A Japanese submarine made a port call in the Philippines, the first in 15 years, on Sunday in a show of growing military cooperation amid tension triggered by China’s growing …
The US Navy plans to conduct another passage near disputed islands in the South China Sea in early April, a source familiar with the plan said on Friday, the third …
China’s Defence Ministry denounced as “gesticulation” on Thursday speculation it would declare an air defence zone over the disputed South China Sea, after the United States said it had told …
The United States has told China it will not recognise an exclusion zone in the South China Sea and would view such a move as “destabilising,” US Deputy Secretary of …
A Chinese fishing boat was caught illegally harvesting coral and endangered turtles in waters around the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands in the north of the contested South China Sea, Taipei’s Coast …
Customs authorities at the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen destroyed 34.78 tons of “substandard bananas” imported from the Philippines due to excessive pesticide use, state TV said on Saturday. The bananas, …
China has said that agreements like the one reached last week by the US and the Philippines allowing for a military presence at five Philippine bases raised questions about militarisation …
The United States and the Philippines have announced a deal allowing for a US military presence at five bases under a security agreement inked amid rising tensions over the South China …
The US Embassy in Manila has invited Presidential hopeful Rodrigo Duterte to discuss the ongoing issues with China and the territorial dispute involving the South China Sea, or the West …
China expressed alarm on Thursday about an agreement in which the Philippines will lease five aircraft from Japan to help patrol the disputed South China Sea. Philippine President Benigno Aquino …
The United States Navy has dispatched the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier and several warships into the South China Sea, also known as the West Philippine Sea, this week. The …
Japan and the Philippines signed an agreement that would soon allow Tokyo to supply Manila with war-fighting equipment. The deal is the first of its kind between Japan, Asia’s second-largest …
China has deployed surface-to-air missiles on an island in the Paracel chain in the South China Sea, the Taiwan government has claimed. A statement released by the Taiwanese Defence Ministry …
The United States has deployed a P-8 Poseidon spy plane in Singapore for the first time, amid heightened tensions in the region over China’s expansive territorial claims in the South …
The United States announced this week, just before the start of the APEC Summit in Manila, that they would provide $259 million to its Southeastern Asian Allies for their maritime …
China has competed its first airstrip on Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed South China Sea, which may be a base for military air patrols soon over the West Philippine …
The crew of US surveillance ship, the USNS Impeccable have rescued 11 Filipino fishermen from a sinking boat in the South China Sea. Navy officials said the Impeccable was en route to Subic …