Chinese jets clashed with Philippine planes flying over a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. Footage shows the ...

The incident marks the second confrontation this week between Manila and Beijing over disputed South China Sea islands.

The Philippines has issued a strong warning to China amid mounting tensions in the contested South China Sea. Manila’s defence secretary said the Philippines and its security allies would be ...

The Spratly Islands are a vast group of reefs, shoals, atolls and small islets in the South China Sea. Situated around ... the Philippine side has disregarded the facts, repeatedly discrediting ...

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The Philippine defense chief's warmongering rhetoric shows that he clearly does not know which way the wind is blowing today.

Teodoro casts China’s actions in the South China Sea as a sinister plot to “restrict freedom of flights” and navigation. This ...

Along with fulminating against the United States, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reasserted China’s South China Sea claims, ...

“The Philippines has disregarded the facts and repeatedly stigmatised ... a rocky outcrop in the South China Sea surrounded by rich fishing grounds. While the Scarborough Shoal lies within ...

The Philippine defense secretary says his country and its allies would take measures to counter any attempt by China to impose an air defense zone or restrict freedom of flights over the South ...