South China Sea accounts for a third of the global maritime trade. According to an estimate 80 percent of China's energy imports and 40 percent of China's total trade passes through the disputed South ...

Beijing protests over USS Higgins’ presence near Scarborough Shoal while American navy says its presence is lawful.

The Philippine military has blamed China for a collision between two Chinese navy and coast guard ships in disputed waters ...

Australia has launched its largest military exercises with Philippine forces, involving over 3,600 personnel in live-fire ...

Japan views the exclusive economic zone as "indispensable" to the country, allowing it to "exclusively develop" mineral resources.

The US and Philippines are discussing the possible deployment of more missile launchers to improve defenses in the South China Sea as China's capabilities grow.

A US Navy guided-missile destroyer performed a so-called Freedom of Navigation operation (FONOP) near disputed Scarborough ...

China harasses a U.S. ally after its President says he’d back Taiwan.

China's military released a statement Wednesday that the destroyer Higgins entered the South China Sea unlawfully, according ...

The U.S. sent two warships to a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, where two Chinese ships recently collided while ...

The United States is discussing the possible deployment of more missile launchers to the Philippines to strengthen deterrence ...

First confrontation between Chinese and US warships near Scarborough Shoal in six years comes after a pair of Chinese vessels collide while chasing away a Philippine ship from disputed atoll ...