Mischief and Subi reefs are among the artificial islands China has used to expand its offensive capabilities in the region.

At the heart of this shift is the Philippines, which faces persistent Chinese incursions into its exclusive economic zone ...

China's military said it had conducted a patrol in the South China Sea on Friday, the day U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...

A combination of poor diplomacy and deep mistrust among South China Sea claimant states could escalate tensions into a ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pledged to bolster Manila’s capacity to push back against Beijing’s growing assertiveness ...

BEIJING -- China has detained three Philippine nationals on suspicion of spying, the government and state media reported, as ...

Pete Hegseth blamed the previous Biden Administration for insufficient actions that emboldened aggressors like China.

Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilbert Teodoro on Monday laid out Manila’s plans to deter Chinese efforts in the ...

China on Thursday said it had "destroyed" an intelligence network set up by the Philippine espionage agency and arrested ...

The potential purchase of F-16 jets by the Philippines from the United States does not harm the interests of any third party, ...

The Philippine defense chief has called China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea as “the biggest fiction and lie” that ...

With President Donald Trump back in the White House, new US leadership shot up on the list of Southeast Asia’s geopolitical ...