CHINESE vessels lingered near contested areas in the South China Sea last month, in line with China’s “swarming” and “gray-zone” strategies amid heightened regional tensions, the Philippine military ...

In 2016, an arbitral tribunal in the Hague dismissed the sweeping claims featured in China's "nine-dashed line" map as incompatible ... control Thitu Island in the South China Sea's contested ...

BEIJING, May 23 (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry on Friday urged the Philippines to immediately stop "infringement and provocation" in the South China Sea or face China's "resolute response.

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Satellite imagery shows China landed two of its most advanced bombers in the disputed Paracel islands in the South China Sea this ... landed on Woody Island in the Paracels ...

AN AERIAL photo of Philippine-occupied Thitu Island, locally known as Pag-asa ... to any additional agreements with Beijing that can help maintain peace in the South China Sea, its top diplomat said, ...

The USCGC Stratton, based at U.S. Coast Guard Base Alameda, arrived at the island province facing the South China Sea on Friday, according to an U.S. Embassy to the Philippines news release on Monday.

Beijing’s information release was also carefully timed – the American and Philippine militaries were conducting their annual Balikatan joint exercises in the South China Sea. Meanwhile ... while ...

MANILA, May 21 (Reuters) - Coast Guard vessels of the Philippines and the United States have taken part for the first time in joint maritime exercises with naval and air force units in the ...