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

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

A China Coast Guard (CCG) ship was detected “pretty close” to Manila Bay on Friday, apparently attempting to intercept a ...

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

American and Chinese naval vessels clashed near Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Wednesday, escalating tensions in ...

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’ conduct of freedom of navigation operations (FONOPs) near the Bajo de Masinloc has helped support Manila ...

OVER THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, South China Sea — A Chinese jet fighter “intercepted” a Philippine aircraft carrying journalists during a patrol flight over the Scarborough Shoal on Wednesday, the Manila ...

The only reason the US dispatched the vessel to those waters was to show its support for Manila to continue the hazardous ...

US denies China’s claim of expelling USS Higgins from Scarborough The United States Navy on Thursday denied Chinese claims ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. deployed two warships Wednesday in a disputed South China Sea shoal where two Chinese ships collided earlier in the week while trying to drive away a smaller ...

The U.S. 7th Fleet rejected as “false” a claim by China that Chinese forces drove a U.S. destroyer away from a contested ...