World Apr 27 Chinese coast guard ship blocks Philippine patrol vessel in new stand-off A Chinese coast guard ship blocked a Philippine patrol vessel steaming into a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, causing a frightening near-collision in the latest act of Beijing's aggression in the strategic waterway.
World Apr 12 China warns against deepening security alliance as U.S., Philippines stage combat drills China has warned that a deepening security alliance between the United States and the Philippines should not harm its security and territorial interests and interfere in long-simmering territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Politics Apr 11 WATCH: Blinken and Austin hold briefing after meeting with Filipino counterparts Secretary of State Blinken and Defense Secretary Austin held a news briefing as American and Filipino forces on Tuesday launched their largest combat exercises in decades in the Philippines and its waters across the disputed South China Sea.
World Feb 18 Philippine President Marcos says China laser not enough to activate U.S. defense pact The Philippine president said Saturday the Chinese coast guard’s use of military-grade laser that briefly blinded some of the crew aboard a Philippine patrol vessel in the disputed South China Sea was not enough for him to invoke a mutual defense…
World Feb 13 Philippines accuses China of using military-grade laser against coast guard vessel According to the Philippines, the Chinese ship also maneuvered dangerously close to block the Philippine patrol vessel from approaching one of the disputed islands last week.
World Feb 09 U.S. and allies in Asia ready for ‘aggression’ from China, North Korea, general says American forces and their allies in Asia are ready for battle after years of joint combat exercises, a United States general said Wednesday.
World Feb 08 U.S. armed forces returning to Philippines to counter China threats Washington has been reinforcing an arc of military alliances in Asia in a starkly different post-Cold War era in which the perceived new regional threat is an increasingly belligerent China.
World Feb 02 U.S. forms new pact with Philippines in effort to counter China The Philippines says it is allowing U.S. forces to broaden their footprint in that Southeast Asian nation.
World Nov 20 Vice President Harris visits the Philippines amid South China Sea dispute Vice President Kamala Harris will underscore America’s commitment to defending treaty ally the Philippines with a visit that started Sunday and involves flying to an island province facing the disputed South China Sea, where Washington has accused China of bullying smaller claimant…
World Oct 30 Fearing a tsunami, Philippine storm victims ran toward deadly mudslide Victims of a huge mudslide set off by a storm in a coastal Philippine village that had once been devastated by a killer tsunami mistakenly thought a tidal wave was coming and ran to higher ground where they were buried…