and calls on all states to align their maritime claims with the international law of the sea as reflected in UNCLOS." Meanwhile, China's Foreign Ministry criticized the new Philippine laws ...

A major redrawing of the map of the South ... on some islands. China has placed great rhetorical weight on its vague claim to that part of the South China Sea (ie, nearly all of it) which falls ...

GIORDANO: They don't have any say, actually. For all of China's rivers that cross international borders, it has consistently acted unilaterally. There's an international law that's vague and not ...

The nearly 3 million rivers that weave across the world are experiencing rapid and surprising changes, with potentially drastic implications for everything from drinking water supplies to flood ...

IT IS SOMETIMES called the “Everest of rivers ... all the riparian states—if they co-operate—by enabling increased flows during the dry season. But sceptics point to China’s handling ...