The arrests come as confrontations between the two Asian neighbours over contested reefs and waters in the strategic South China Sea have escalated in recent months

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Thursday he would meet U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss issues including immigration, in an effort to influence policy he said could impact a large number of Filipinos in the United States.

Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels conducting a scientific survey in a hotly disputed area of the South China Sea, forcing them to cancel the operation,

The Philippines has launched a comic book to counter what the country says is China’s disinformation campaign to push its expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea.

China's coast guard said the Philippines on Friday sent a civilian vessel to deliver provisions to its warship "illegally grounded" at Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed atoll in the South China Sea. The coast guard "questioned" and "monitored" the Philippine vessel throughout its supply mission,

Beijing's claims to most of the heavily trafficked South China Sea overlap with those of several neighboring states, including the Philippines. The U.S. ally's pushback under President Ferdinand ...

The Philippines is publicizing the movements of the Chinese Coast Guard, which continues to occupy waters off the U.S. ally's maritime zone in the South China Sea. Newsweek reached out to the ...

Biden and his administration had repeatedly warned China that the U.S. is obligated to help defend the Philippines, its oldest treaty ally in Asia, if Filipino forces, ships and aircraft come ...

Analysts say it the proposal was likely rhetorical rather than genuine, with little chance Beijing would ever take up such a deal.

The Philippines will “return” the Typhon missile launchers to the United States if China will drop its claim on the West Philippine Sea and stop its harassment of Filipino vessels.

BRP Teresa Magbanua was able to push a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel away from the coast of Zambales, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). In a statement Thursday evening, PCG spokesperson for the West Philippines Sea Commodore Jay Tarriela said that from 85-90 nautical miles (NM),