The Philippines, Japan and the United States again sailed and patrolled the waters and skies of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) this week, where combined military forces held drills including live-fire ...

THE growing defense alliance between the Philippines, Japan and the United States was demonstrated anew as naval and air ...

East Asia is witnessing profound changes in naval power balances due to increasing strategic competition and regional polarization. South Korea recently announced an unprecedented defense agreement ...

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China's military said on Friday it conducted a routine patrol in the South China Sea from February 23 to 26, and accused the Philippines of "disrupting" peace and stability by organising joint patrols ...

Cuba's government says the 10 people on a Florida-registered boat that opened fire on its soldiers were "terrorists" trying ...

The Philippine military said Friday that it conducted a joint maritime exercise with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command in the South China Sea for four days through ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the United States Indo-Pacific Command, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted air patrols over ...

China on Tuesday restricted exports to 40 Japanese entities it says are contributing to Japan’s “remilitarization,” in the latest escalation of tensions with Tokyo. Beijing has ...

Trilateral patrols over the Batanes islands mark the first expansion of Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activities beyond ...

This is the first time multilateral activities involving the countries have expanded beyond the South China Sea. Read more at ...

The Philippine, US and Japanese militaries conducted joint exercises this week over the Bashi Channel that separates the Philippines from Taiwan, officials said Friday.