Chinese ships fired water cannons at Philippine vessels, including one carrying a CNN crew, near a dangerous flashpoint in the South China Sea on Friday – the third tense confrontation this week in the contested waters.
July 24, 2026
Chinese ship shoots water cannon at Philippine vessel with CNN crew on board near flashpoint shoal
July 24, 2026
Chinese coast guard ships have fired water cannons at two Philippine fisheries vessels in the South China Sea
July 24, 2026
The foreign ministers of the Philippines and China met in Manila on Wednesday and both made "strong" protests over an encounter between the two countries' vessels
July 22, 2026
China's foreign ministry on Tuesday called the European side to be cautious in its words and deeds on the South China Sea and stop endorsing the "illegal ruling" to
July 14, 2026
The defence minister of the Philippines on Thursday rejected as "baseless" and "ludicrous" assertions by Chinese scholars that its northernmost island-chain province belongs
July 09, 2026
The Philippines defence chief will continue to do his duty in the face of China's "wickedness", he said on Friday, a day after Beijing sanctioned him for what
June 12, 2026
The Philippines said on Wednesday that it is urging Beijing to remove a floating structure placed at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the
June 10, 2026
The Taiwanese and Chinese Coast Guards were engaged in another tense standoff near the strategically located Pratas Islands at the top of the South China Sea on Friday,
June 05, 2026
Satellite images obtained by Reuters confirmed the presence of a structure at the entrance of the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South
June 04, 2026
Strong relations between Vietnam and its giant neighbour and territorial rival China would benefit regional peace and security, although ties with the U.S.
May 30, 2026
The fallout of the Middle East crisis took centre stage at meetings of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN on Thursday, with
May 07, 2026
China teased in a video an aircraft carrier that could be its fourth, and the first
April 23, 2026
The United States and the Philippines have kicked off one of their largest combat exercises, aimed at deterring aggression in Asia
April 20, 2026
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