The Philippines remains locked in a territorial dispute with China, which claims most of the South China Sea, including areas within the Philippine maritime zone, despite a 2016 international ...

The Philippines said on Monday there was no truth to news reports that Beijing has seized control of a disputed reef in the ...

The Philippines, one of America's oldest treaty allies in Asia, forms part of the first island chain under a U.S. maritime containment strategy seeking to restrict China's military access to the ...

A Newsweek map highlights these ... U.S. and Japanese units. "The Philippines has grown in strategic importance for Australia, given its proximity to the South China Sea and Taiwan," he said.