Vietnam’s island reclamation activities in the South China Sea made headlines in 2024 with a record area of land created and several airstrips planned on the new islands.

The air forces of the Philippines and the United States held joint patrols over the South China Sea on Tuesday, a move that angered China, which also conducted a "routine patrol" over a disputed shoal ...

The Chinese military conducted routine airspace patrols over Scarborough Shoal on Tuesday, coinciding with a Philippine Air Force exercise with the US above the South China Sea, in a continuing ...

An expert told Newsweek China is hostile due to frustration at the presence of the U.S. Typhon missile system in the Philippines.

The Philippines is upgrading facilities on Thitu Island ... boost its limited military reach in the face of Beijing’s increasing pressure in the South China Sea. The money will help fund ...

Another video shows a Chinese military helicopter ... in a bid to curb China’s aggressive actions in the South China Sea, East China Sea and around Taiwan, a self-governed island which Beijing ...

More drills involving U.S., Japanese, and French naval forces are scheduled later this week in the Philippine Sea.

The sea mount is 149 kilometers (93 miles) from the nearest South Korean land and 287 kilometers from Chinese territory, although both nations lay claim to the waters. "China took the islands in ...

The risk of conflict in the South China Sea is significant ... States would provide military assistance if China attacked Filipino forces in the disputed Spratly Islands. With improving political ...

The retreat on the idyllic northern resort island of Langkawi was ... whole — lack the diplomatic and military heft to confront China on the South China Sea,” said Muhamamd Faizal Abdul ...

Two Philippine Air Force FA-50 fighter jets fly with two U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber aircraft during a joint patrol and training over the South China Sea on Tuesday. (Philippine Air Force via AP ...

Next year will mark the tenth anniversary of the Philippines’ legal victory in the South China Sea. On July 12 ... Chagossian population and leased most of the island of Diego Garcia to the U.S.