Both countries have planted flags on a collection of sand bars, extending the clash over the area between Beijing and Manila, ...

Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand operate the F-16, while the Philippines has placed an order for the fighter aircraft. Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 10 ...

Vietnam on Saturday protested claims by China and the Philippines over a disputed reef in the South China Sea which it ...

Wu said the growing assertiveness of Manila's shipping activities and Hanoi's reclamation actions in the South China Sea made it likely that Beijing's disputes with the Philippines and Vietnam ...

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 ...

We must drive our own path forward,” he said. Tensions in the South China Sea, one of the world's vital shipping lanes, were also high on the agenda following violent confrontations in the ...

inflatable boats and other defense equipment to strengthen surveillance of Philippine sea lanes, including in the South China Sea. Japan has also helped improve the Philippine air force’s aerial ...

including parts of the South China Sea, an area fiercely contested by China. The new legislation, which includes the Philippine Maritime Zones Act and the Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act ...

BEIJING, Nov 10 (Reuters) - China rejected Philippine maritime claims on Sunday, saying new legislation "severely infringes on" Beijing's territorial sovereignty and rights in the South China Sea ...