Manila also aims to improve maritime coordination among Philippine agencies in disputed areas such as the Scarborough Shoal.

The move, if it occurs, would be in response to China's escalating hostilities near disputed waters as Trump is poised to ...

China has installed a new floating barrier at Scarborough Shoal, according to satellite imagery, as tensions rise between ...

The task force aims to enhance interoperability and crisis responses of American and Filipino troops, particularly in the disputed sea.

The US has condemned China’s claim over Scarborough Shoal, urging ASEAN nations to stand firm against Beijing’s growing ...

CHINA MAY be preparing for island-building at Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea, in a move that could bolster its sweeping claims over the waterway and heighten regional tensions, ...

China declared a nature reserve over much of the Scarborough Shoal in August, escalating tensions with the Philippines.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Southeast Asian nations to stand firm and strengthen their maritime ...

(CNN) — China has approved plans to establish a national nature reserve at a hotly contested shoal in the South China Sea, an unprecedented move that could further stoke tensions with rival claimant ...

China’s latest nature reserve is a rock in the middle of one of the world’s most contested waterways. On Wednesday, the Chinese government approved a proposal to establish a national nature reserve at ...

BEIJING (AP) — China's coast guard accused a Philippine ship of deliberately ramming one of its vessels on Tuesday near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines denied it ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has approved the creation of a national nature reserve at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, the government said on Wednesday, as Beijing moves to ...