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Blinken says US to provide $500 mn military funding to Philippines
Jul 30, 2024 (AFP)
Blinken was in Manila with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as part of an Asia-Pacific tour to strengthen Washington's latticework of alliances aimed at counte...
U.S., Philippines officials affirm mutual alliance against regional threats
Jul 30, 2024 (UPI)
The members of President Joe Biden's Cabinet met with the Philippines Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique Manolo and Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Te...
Russia stages naval drills involving most of its fleet
Jul 30, 2024 (AFP)
Some 300 vessels, including submarines, and more than 20,000 personnel will be involved in the exercises, which are being staged in the Pacific and Arctic Ocean...
Blinken, Austin hold defence talks with Philippine counterparts
Jul 30, 2024 (AFP)
A series of escalating confrontations between Philippine and Chinese vessels in the disputed waterway have raised concern that Washington could be dragged into ...
Quad 'seriously concerned' about situation in South China Sea
Jul 29, 2024 (AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts in the so-called Quad grouping issued a joint statement calling for a "free and open" Pacific after ta...
More Russian warships dock in Havana port
Jul 28, 2024 (UPI)
A training ship, patrol frigate and refueling tanker are moored in the Havana port usually occupied by cruise ships, the Russian Embassy in Havana said in a sta...
China, US spar over South China Sea at Laos talks
Jul 27, 2024 (AFP)
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi met on the sidelines of a foreign ministers meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian...
Philippines says 'no incidents' as it resupplies reef; China warns of 'resolute' response
Jul 27, 2024 (AFP)
It said the mission to Second Thomas Shoal was the first since Manila and Beijing reached a "provisional arrangement" last week for the delivery of daily necess...
Russian warship docks in Algeria
Jul 26, 2024 (AFP)
Moscow and Algiers have close historic relations dating back to the Soviet era and have maintained strong defence and military ties amid Russia's military offen...
Finland says Russia violated its territorial waters; Russian warship docks in Algeria
Jul 26, 2024 (AFP)
The Finnish defence ministry and coastguard announced the violation in the eastern Gulf of Finland in separate statements -- the latest of several recent border...
Dutch court tosses out submarine deal lawsuit
Jul 24, 2024 (AFP)
The Netherlands in March picked French defence company Naval Group and its Dutch partner Royal IHC to build four new submarines for its navy, choosing the bid o...
Philippines 'to assert our rights' after China sea deal
Jul 22, 2024 (AFP)
The Philippine foreign ministry also rejected suggestions by China that the "provisional arrangement" announced Sunday required Manila to give Beijing "prior no...
Philippines, China reach 'understanding' to lower South China Sea tensions
Jul 22, 2024 (UPI)
Manilla's Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Sunday that they have "reached an understanding of principles and approaches to avoid misunderstandi...
Philippines, China reach 'arrangement' for reef resupply missions
Jul 21, 2024 (AFP)
A remote outpost on Second Thomas Shoal has been a focus of clashes between Chinese and Philippine ships in recent months as Beijing steps up efforts to push it...
China says joint naval drills with Russia have ended
Jul 18, 2024 (AFP)
The two countries have drawn closer in recent years and share hostile relations with the US-led defence alliance NATO, which last week called an infuriated Chin...
Philippines, China to boost communication lines on sea disputes
Jul 17, 2024 (AFP)
Manila and Beijing have a long history of territorial disputes in the South China Sea, but a violent clash at Second Thomas Shoal last month frayed relations be...
U.S. Navy exonerates Black sailors on 80th anniversary of Port Chicago explosion
Jul 17, 2024 (UPI)
"Today, the U.S. Navy is righting an historic wrong by announcing the exoneration of 256 Black sailors who were unjustly tried and convicted of mutiny and disob...
Yemen rebels say attacked two ships in the Red Sea
Jul 15, 2024 (AFP)
In a statement on social media platform X, Huthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree identified the two ships as BENTLEY I, a Panama-flagged oil tanker, and the C...
China, Russia conduct joint Pacific military patrol
Jul 14, 2024 (AFP)
The two countries have drawn closer in recent years and tout their friendship as having "no limits". Both share hostile relations with US-led Western defence al...
Philippines to 'stand our ground' in South China Sea dispute
Jul 12, 2024 (AFP)
Tensions over the strategic waterway, a key passage for sea-borne trade, have soared in the past 18 months following a series of escalating confrontations betwe...
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