The Philippines is increasing efforts to strengthen defense cooperation with several like-minded democracies amid ongoing tensions with China in the disputed South China Sea. Manila is trying to ...

China’s HMPV cases were ‘within the expected range’, according to the WHO. But that hasn’t stopped the falsehoods and ...

MANILA, Philippines — The US’ imposition of a 10-percent tariff on Chinese imports is unlikely to affect the Philippines, with Philippine exports to the US expected to remain strong ...

HONG KONG — China has urged the Philippines to withdraw the United States’ “Typhon” intermediate range missile, the defense ministry said on Friday, accusing the Southeast Asian nation of breaking its ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Chinese coast guard ships and a Chinese navy helicopter harassed a group of Philippine fisheries vessels ...

A little more than a week after Beijing and Manila reached an agreement aimed at easing tensions in the South China Sea, the Philippines has accused Chinese coast guard vessels of fresh incursions ...

HONG KONG - China has urged the Philippines to withdraw the United States' "Typhon" intermediate range missile, the defence ministry said on Friday, accusing the Southeast Asian nation of breaking ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Philippine Coast Guard and national security officials launch comic books, titled “the Stories of Teacher ...

Citizen-spies are common in China. We may be seeing this practice here. One thing stands out in the recent arrests of Chinese suspected to be spies: they’re all long-time residents of the ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines said Saturday it had suspended a scientific survey in the contested South China Sea due to "dangerous" harassment by Chinese navy and coast guard vessels ...

The Philippines says it has suspended a scientific survey in the South China Sea after its fisheries vessels faced “dangerous harassment” and aggressive behaviour from China’s coastguard and ...