Chinese Coast Guard Rams and Damages a Philippine Vessel Off an Island in the South China Sea Chinese coast guard ships used powerful water cannons and rammed and slightly damaged an anchored Philippine government...
Philippines Protests China's Plan for a Nature Reserve at a Hotly Disputed Shoal The Philippines protested a plan by China to establish a nature reserve at one of the most hotly disputed shoals in the South...
Philippine Forces Deliver Supplies and Personnel to Disputed South China Sea Shoal Despite Tensions Filipino forces transported food, fuel and new personnel to a Philippine territorial outpost in a fiercely disputed shoal in...
Australia, Canada and Philippines Stage Air Defense Drills Off Disputed Shoal Guarded by China Australia, Canada and the Philippines deployed three warships and aircraft for drills against simulated aerial threats off a...
US Briefly Deploys 2 Warships to a Disputed South China Sea Shoal After Chinese Collision Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough Shoal and other outcroppings in the South China Sea. Vietnam, Malaysia...
US Commander Says China Has Failed to Coerce Rival States in South China Sea Adm. Stephen Koehler, who oversees the largest naval fleet command in the world, gave assurances Friday in a Manila forum of...
Chinese Ship Runs Aground Off Philippines-Occupied Island in the Disputed South China Sea A Chinese ship ran aground in stormy weather in shallow waters off a Philippines-occupied island in the disputed South China...
US General Says Allied Forces Can Repel Asia Aggression as Philippines Combat Drills Open Thousands of allied American and Filipino forces opened annual combat drills that are set to include repelling an island...
US and Philippine Joint Combat Drills Show Trump Is Not Scaling Back on South China Sea Region A senior Philippine military official said U.S. and Filipino forces will undertake battle-readiness exercises, including live...
Canada and Philippines Will Sign a Key Defense Pact to Boost Combat Drills and Military Ties Canada and the Philippines, both vocal critics of China’s increasingly aggressive actions in the disputed South China Sea...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
