The Philippine Coast Guard has entered its third week of actively challenging its Chinese counterparts, including a ...

China's claims in the South China Sea overlap with those of the Philippines, which is a U.S. security treaty ally.

The Philippine navy said on Friday its ships were holding drills near a contested shoal in the South China Sea, a day after ...

The Philippines and the United States carried out joint maritime exercises for a fifth time in the South China Sea, Manila's armed forces said on Sunday, in a move that would likely irk China.

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The Chinese military flaunts its new technology at the end of the Western calendar year in late December or January. In May 2024, the military said its J-20 stealth fighter jet, also known as the ...

A submarine drone suspected to be from China was recovered in waters off the central Philippines, police said on Thursday, warning of "potential national security implications." Three fishermen ...

The deployment of Chinese fighter jets to harass a Philippine Air Force patrol near Scarborough last August prompted Philippine defense officials to highlight Beijing’s use of the militarized ...

The Chinese military on Sunday conducted "combat readiness patrols" at a disputed South China Sea reef in the maritime zone of the Philippines ... operations aircraft, a Su-30 fighter jet and ...

Days after unveiling the latest breakthroughs in its military modernization, the Chinese navy has set afloat a new amphibious assault ship that could launch fighter jets, and videos have been ...