Washington and Manila support regional and global security by increasing readiness and strengthening deterrence, the U.S.

China's aggressiveness in the Indo-Pacific is rooted in long-standing strategic ambitions independent of any U.S. policy, and ...

The U.S. Pacific Fleet commander says China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the South China Sea despite its intensifying “bullying tactics ...

The Philippines is extending a cautious hand to China for cooperation in "non-sensitive areas," even as it vows to uphold the ...

Adm. Stephen Koehler gave assurances of U.S. commitment to help defend freedom of passage and the rule of law in the ...

MANILA: Despite rising tension in the major regional flashpoint of the South China Sea, the Philippines' top defence official ...

The Chinese military vowed to safeguard the country's national sovereignty and security in the South China Sea.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met his Japanese and Philippine counterparts in a meeting Thursday on the sidelines of ...

Foreign Affairs Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro described as “worrisome” China’s continued rejection of the 2016 Arbitral Award, ...

By Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, Reporter NEARLY 50 Chinese navy and coast guard ships were monitored at contested features in the South China Sea in June, the Philippine military said on Tuesday, in ...

Japan is set to export six Abukuma-class destroyer escorts to the Philippines in a landmark move aimed at countering China’s ...