Members of 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment at Camp Pendleton, Calif., were among the beach defenders. They are part of the 2,500-strong Marine Rotational Force-Darwin, an annual, six-month ...

While China has claimed sovereignty over most of the South China Sea, an international tribunal ruled in 2016 that its claims to waters within its "nine-dash line" — which Beijing uses to ...

The United States Navy destroyer USS Dewey conducts routine operations while transiting in the South China Sea on May 12, 2025. Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin Monroe/U.S. Navy ...

A top military general has issued a stark warning about an "aggressive Beijing" as tensions rise in the South China Sea. The Philippines' Brigadier General Michael Logico has poured scorn on China ...

Tensions in the South China Sea have escalated sharply as China’s navy launched combat readiness patrols near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, a territory claimed by the Philippines.

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing sovereignty claims in strategic waters seen as a potential flashpoint ...

Chinese navy patrols South China Sea, says Philippines creating 'disturbances' By Reuters April 29, 20256:47 PM PDTUpdated April 29, 2025 ...