Five underwater drones found by Filipino fishermen were capable of aiding “underwater warfare” and at least one sent signals to China, the Philippine Navy has said.

The United States renewed a warning Tuesday that it is obligated to defend the Philippines, a treaty ally. Second Thomas Shoal, part of the disputed Spratly Islands, has been occupied by a small ...

The Philippines’ front-line position was made starkly apparent in recent confrontations at Second Thomas Shoal. In March 2024, the China Coast Guard conducted dangerous maneuvers and used water ...

With Marcos as president, the Philippines has actively resisted China’s strategic advances into its exclusive economic zone, shoring up its crumbling outpost at Second Thomas Shoal, briefly staking ...

on bananas imported from the Philippines in 2012 in response to Manila's territorial claims on the South China Sea. A China Coast Guard vessel fires a water cannon toward a Philippine resupply vessel ...

MANILA--Germany and the Philippines agreed Sunday to rapidly ... June 17 confrontation in the Philippine-occupied Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea between Chinese forces, who were ...

Beijing has also used economic coercion on countries, such as imposing strict health checks, then a full on ban, on bananas imported from the Philippines ... at Second Thomas Shoal, in the ...

U.S. Marines from the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR), stationed in Hawaii, were recently seen unloading advanced military hardware at Cagayan North International Airport in the northern ...

China and the Philippines accused each other on Tuesday of dangerous manoeuvres in a hotly disputed shoal in the South China Sea, in the latest confrontation over the waterway. A Chinese coast ...

The West Philippine Sea (WPS) has always been recognized on Google Maps, but was only made easier for the public to see based ...