Gilberto Teodoro denounced Beijing’s South China Sea claims urging stronger defence and alliances amid rising tensions.

The Philippine defense chief on Monday called China's expansive claims in the South China Sea “the biggest fiction and lie” ...

A Philippine official says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his ...

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

From a chain of massive barges stretching from a Chinese beach into the sea, to a powerful new design for cutting undersea ...

Experts say it might be legally and logistically difficult to repurpose Grande and Chiquita Islands but political will might ...

Foreign ministers of the G7 nations have condemned China's actions that have posed risks to regional stability, while ...

Vietnamese flooded Chagee with negative comments after the bubble tea chain's app used a map that endorsed Beijing's ...

Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels conducting a scientific survey in a hotly disputed area of the South China Sea, forcing them to ...

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In 2024, the US increased troops in the South China Sea despite being confronted with challenges of global tensions and limited naval resources. A Chinese think tank report noted fewer "freedom of ...

MANILA -- The Philippines has made a flurry of arrests of Chinese nationals on suspicion of spy activity this year, with ...