The pilot was ejected to safety and rescued in a helicopter. The South China Sea, home to vital shipping lanes, has been a geopolitical flashpoint for years, with several countries claiming ...

Analysts say the Maritime Zones Act and Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act don't expand Manila's claims in the waterway, but China is ...

To better assess the ripple effect a tsunami could cause to shipping lanes in the South China Sea, a group of international researchers carried out 104 tsunami simulations. Tsunamis can cause ...

The sea, home to vital shipping lanes, has in recent years become a ... military ships without permission into seas close to South China Seas islands, seriously threatening China's sovereignty ...

the U.S. has consistently backed the country’s right to defend its territorial waters and maintain unhindered access to ...

Campbell/U.S. Navy The risk of a military confrontation in the South China Sea involving the United States ... This would significantly affect trade lanes, fisheries and fishing rights, and ...

U.S. interests in the South China Sea include freedom of navigation, unimpeded passage for commercial shipping, and peaceful resolution of territorial disputes according to international law.

Major turmoil in the South ... Sea Lanes (PASL) Act - on November 8, in an attempt to solidify the illegal ruling of the 2016 arbitration case through domestic legislation, illegally including ...

The South China Sea is home to valuable oil and gas deposits and shipping lanes, and several of China’s neighbours have voiced concern that Beijing is seeking to expand its reach.

WASHINGTON--Vietnam has conducted a major expansion of dredging and landfill work at several of its South China ... claims in the sea, which is crisscrossed by vital shipping lanes and contains ...

and keep the South China Sea peaceful and stable. China reserves the right of taking all measures necessary. Noting that various parts of the Philippine "Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act" are not ...

APRIL 7 - Defence forces of the U.S., Japan, Australia conduct "maritime cooperative activity" in the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone in the South China ... archipelagic sea lanes law to ...