MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. deployed two warships Wednesday in a disputed South China Sea shoal where two Chinese ...

The AFP “has never left” the vicinity of Panatag Shoal, its WPS spokesperson Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad said on ...

The United States is disputing China’s claim that it chased away an American warship conducting a freedom of navigation ...

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

Analysts are divided over the motive, with some calling it an ‘image repair manoeuvre’ while others point to regional ...

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

The Chinese military said on Wednesday it monitored and "drove away" a U.S. destroyer that sailed near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, while the U.S. Navy said its action was in ...

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

China effectively seized Scarborough Shoal, a triangle-shaped atoll with a vast fishing lagoon ringed by mostly submerged coral outcrops, by surrounding it with its coast guard ships after a tense ...

This undated photo provided by Philippine Coast Guard on Sept. 26, 2023, a diver cutting rope tied to a floating barrier in the Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea.

Starting in early 2016, Scarborough Shoal suddenly became an issue of serious concern for U.S. officials. According to articles in the press reports information was obtained that strongly ...