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Obama asks India to do more for climate change
President Barack Obama said the United States could be India's "best partner" Tuesday but urged his hists to do more in the battle against climate change as he wrapped up a three-day visit to New Delhi. Speaking to an ...
- January 28, 2015
First shipment of wartime grain sails from Ukraine
The first shipment of Ukrainian grain left the port of Odesa on Monday under a deal aimed at relieving a global food crisis following Russia's invasion of its neighbor, the Turkish defense ministry said. "The ship Razoni ...
- August 2, 2022
Study says Asian coastal cities sinking fast
Sprawling coastal cities in South and Southeast Asia are sinking faster than elsewhere in the world, leaving tens of millions of people more vulnerable to rising sea levels, a new study says. Rapid urbanization has seen ...
- October 4, 2022
PH, 60 countries sign treaty protecting high seas
The Philippines joined over 60 other countries at the United Nations in signing the first-ever treaty on protecting the international high seas, raising hopes that it will come into force soon and protect threatened ...
- September 22, 2023
Dead from cargo vessel sinking off Japan reach 8
Eight people are dead, including six Chinese, after a ship sank in waters off the coast of Japan, a Chinese diplomat said on Thursday. The 6,551-ton Jin Tian cargo vessel, carrying crew from China and Myanmar, sent a ...
- January 27, 2023
US deploys spy plane in Singapore amid sea row
The United States has deployed a P-8 Poseidon spy plane in Singapore for the first time ever, both countries said, amid simmering regional tensions over Beijing's island-building in the disputed South China Sea. China is ...
- December 9, 2015
Ex-DFA chief wants SCS ruling in sea code
The South China Sea arbitration ruling should be an integral part of a binding Code of Conduct (COC), according to former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario, as he enjoined Association of Southeast Asian Nations ...
- November 4, 2019
Du30: I can't stop China in Panatag
President Duterte on Sunday said he would not stop China from building on a disputed shoal near the Philippines west coast because it was too powerful. Mr.Duterte made the statement in reaction to reports that China would ...
- March 20, 2017
Pieces of Indonesian submarine found
The hunt for a missing Indonesian submarine with 53 crew turned into a salvage effort on Sunday after recovered debris suggested it broke apart as it sank off the coast of Bali. Warships, planes and hundreds of military ...
- April 26, 2021
China wants control of disputed sea - PH
The Philippines accused China on Thursday of seeking to take control of nearly the entire West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) with an expansionist agenda dominated by “massive reclamation” works. Foreign Affairs Secretary ...
- March 27, 2015