China will return an underwater US drone seized by a naval vessel this week in the South China Sea with Beijing complaining that Washington had been “hyping up” the incident. But US president- elect Donald Trump tweeted, ...

The new administration of US President Donald Trump vowed on Monday the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea, something Chinese state media has warned ...

China has installed rocket launchers on a disputed reef in the South China Sea to ward off Vietnamese military combat divers, according to a state-run newspaper, offering new details on China’s ongoing military build-up. ...

The South China Sea will be among the issues to be taken up by President Duterte when he goes on a working visit to Vietnam next week. Vietnam, like the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan, has a claim in the South ...

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin told a delegation from a Philippine foreign affairs committee in Beijing that ties had recently “sunk to a low edge for reasons everyone knows,” China’s Foreign Ministry said late ...

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the Philippines' case against China at an arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea had strained relations between Beijing and Manila, and that it was up to the ...

Expressing concern about China's activities in the South China Sea, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said it's American military power that keeps the peace in the region and the United States intends to continue playing ...

US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and his Malaysian counterpart will cruise on the USS Theodore Roosevelt today, a US defense official said, for a voyage likely to highlight tension over rival claims in the South China ...

Sick and malnourished sea lion pups are stranding themselves on southern California beaches in some of the largest numbers seen in over a decade, perplexing scientists and leading one care facility to declare itself near ...

Dozens of beachgoers and lifeguards battled to help a pod of pilot whales back into deeper waters after coming too close to the shore of the US state of Georgia earlier this week, although the authorities said that three ...