The Philippines and New Zealand strengthened defence ties with the signing of a landmark troop pact on Wednesday, opening the ...

A Philippine Navy patrol near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea encountered aggressive and unsafe movements by two Chinese Navy vessels earlier this week, the Philippine military ...

The Philippines has signed a military pact with New Zealand, allowing their forces to hold joint exercises as Manila ...

Thousands of allied American and Filipino forces have opened annual combat drills that will include simulating the defense of the Philippine archipelago and seas in a battle scenario that has ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says his country and the Philippines will start talks on two proposed defense pacts to further boost their security alliance and would continue to fight ...

China claims sovereignty over nearly all the South China Sea, including areas claimed by Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. "(Scarborough Shoal) is China's inherent territory.

Beijing asserts sovereignty over almost the entire waterbody based on its 1940s nine-dash line, which overlaps with claims of the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam. — Kenneth ...

Aside from China and the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have overlapping claims in the busy waterway. Washington does not lay any claim to the waterway but repeatedly has ...

Chinese claims in the South China Sea overlap with claims from Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia. Some of the world's busiest shipping lanes run through the South China Sea ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ... and navy presence and built artificial island bases to ...