The U.S. Navy plans to build two facilities in the Philippines for repairing and maintaining Philippine military boats. The U ...

The country has been gradually expanding military cooperation with the U.S., Japan, and Beijing-claimed Taiwan.

The maintenance facilities in Palawan are in a strategically important location and one analyst said they may help Manila ...

The move comes as Chinese and Philippine vessels have clashed in increasingly hostile interactions in the region.

The Philippines discreetly bolsters defense ties with Taiwan due to Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. Under ...

The Philippines is extending a cautious hand to China for cooperation in "non-sensitive areas," even as it vows to uphold the ...

China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the disputed South China ...

Scarborough Shoal is located within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone and is nearly 700 miles from China.

On Tuesday, a Philippine Coast Guard ship sailed into the waters near China's Huangyan Island and carried out a series of ...

The so-called South China Sea arbitration of 2016, initiated unilaterally by the Philippines, has triggered "a myriad of ...

China on Monday accused Japan of disrupting the South China Sea by supplying naval ships to the Philippines.

Adm. Stephen Koehler gave assurances of U.S. commitment to help defend freedom of passage and the rule of law in the ...