China has detained three Philippine nationals on suspicion of spying, the government and state media reported, as the countries' relations deteriorate. The three were found to have handed over ...

At the heart of this shift is the Philippines, which faces persistent Chinese incursions into its exclusive economic zone ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pledged to bolster Manila’s capacity to push back against Beijing’s growing assertiveness ...

West Philippine Sea and South China Sea are not the same. West Philippine Sea refers to waters inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) which, by international law, are waters up to 200 ...

Vietnam is following in the footsteps of rival Spratly Islands claimant China in building military-purposed infrastructure, ...

Opinion: This op-ed argues that domestic distractions have left the U.S. unprepared for a conflict with a peer enemy — China ...

The informal “Squad” strategic alliance comprises the United States, Australia, Japan, and the Philippines with an emphasis ...

The Philippine defense chief has called China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea as “the biggest fiction and lie” that ...

MANILA, March 19 (Reuters) - The Philippines is exploring the possibility of converting two islands that were once part of a U.S. navy base into a military reservation, its defence department said ...

China claims more than 80% of the South China Sea based on a 1940s map, which a United Nations-backed arbitration court voided in 2016 for being illegal. “The security of the West Philippine Sea is ...

Contingency Planning Memoranda identify plausible scenarios that could have serious consequences for U.S. interests and propose measures to both prevent and mitigate them. The risk of conflict in ...