South China Sea

Chinese H-6 bombers are parked on the tarmac of an airfield on Woody Island, in the disputed Paracel archipelago, which is known in China as Xisha Islands, South China Sea, May 19, 2025. Photo: MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES/Handout via REUTERS
China

China's most advanced bombers seen on disputed South China Sea island

The deployment marks the first time the long-range H-6 bombers have landed on Woody Island in the Paracels since 2020, and the movement of the now upgraded aircraft comes amid tensions with the...

Philippine Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro speaks during a joint press conference with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (not pictured) at a hotel in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo
Asia

Philippines, New Zealand strengthen defence ties with troop pact

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr attends the closing ceremony of the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and Related Summits and Handing Over of the ASEAN Chairmanship to Malaysia, at the National Convention Centre, in Vientiane, Laos, October 11, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
Asia

Philippine official says China trying to influence its elections

Chinese vessels are pictured in disputed South China Sea, April 21, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File photo
China

China conducts military patrol in South China Sea, warns Philippines

Philippine Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro speaks during a joint press conference with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (not pictured) at a hotel in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo
Asia

Philippine, Japan ministers agree to further enhance defence partnership

The ASEAN flag is placed alongside the flags of its member countries ahead of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Langkawi, Malaysia January 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain
Asia

Malaysia takes on ASEAN mantle but tempers expectations on Myanmar, South China Sea

An aerial view shows the BRP Sierra Madre on the contested Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin, in the South China Sea, March 9, 2023 Photo: Reuters/File Photo
Asia

Philippines files protest over Beijing's 'escalatory actions' in South China Sea

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr delivers a keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore, May 31, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
Asia

Japan, Philippines, US vow to deepen cooperation: Manila

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the House of Representatives in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo
Asia

Philippines' Marcos says reported presence of Russian submarine 'very worrisome'

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto reads out vows, taken by newly appointed ministers during an inauguration at the Presidential palace in Jakarta, October 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo
Asia

Indonesian president says he will safeguard sovereignty in South China Sea

A Philippine supply boat sails during a resupply mission for Filipino troops stationed at a grounded warship in the South China Sea, October 4, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Adrian Portugal/File Photo
Asia

Philippines says it's under pressure from China to cede claims in South China Sea

FILE PHOTO: The Chinese national flag is seen in Beijing, China April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo/File Photo
China

China warns of deep-sea spying devices, underwater 'lighthouses' that guide foreign submarines

Myanmar's Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Aung Kyaw Moe, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Thailand's Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet, Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin and Prime Minister of Timor-Leste Xanana Gusmao pose for a photo at the 14th ASEAN-United Nations (UN) Summit at the National Convention Centre, in Vientiane, Laos, October 11, 2024. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
Asia

ASEAN urges early accord on South China Sea code, end to Myanmar violence