The Philippines has told China that it is alarmed about heated exchanges with Chinese diplomats in Manila over the ...

On January 21, 2026, a routine surveillance flight over the South China Sea escalated into another flashpoint between China ...

A majority of Filipinos continue to distrust China, with almost eight in 10 seeing the Asian giant as the “greatest threat” ...

Japan tracked four Chinese warships in a strait near Okinawa, a move that followed U.S.-Philippine military drills near a ...

MANILA, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Philippine foreign ministry said on Monday it had made "firm representations" to China's ...

A deep dive into China’s changing propaganda narratives on the South China Sea. The Marcos administration’s transparency policy has stripped away the façade of Beijing’s cooperation and “win-win” ...

The US and the Philippines conducted their first joint maritime cooperative activity for the year near a disputed South China ...

Japan and the Philippines have signed a defense pact that will allow the tax-free provision of ammunition, fuel, food and ...

MANILA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The Philippines, as ASEAN chair, will insist that a long-delayed Code of Conduct with China on the ...

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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has formally conveyed its displeasure over the Chinese Embassy in Manila's continued ...

Japan has ramped up its security cooperation with the Philippines in other ways, too, steadily donating vessels and other ...