BEIJING: China's foreign ministry on Friday (May 23) urged the Philippines to immediately stop "infringement and provocation" in the South China Sea or face China's "resolute response". The remarks ca

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr sought the resignation of all his cabinet secretaries on Thursday, in a move seen as an attempt to reset the political agenda and assert his authority over the second half of his single six-year term.

China’s coastguard fired water cannon on a Philippine marine research vessel in the contested South China Sea, putting the crew’s “lives at risk” and reigniting a diplomatic row between the two nations.