Confrontation, militarisation and US–China rivalry made for choppy waters in the South China Sea in 2025, complicating prospects for an ASEAN–China Code of Conduct.

Decline in reconnaissance aircraft sorties comes during critical time in China-US ties ahead of planned Donald Trump visit.

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BEIJING: China announced a seven percent boost to its defence budget for 2026 on Thursday, as Beijing steadily increases spending to counter the United States and enforce its claims over Taiwan and ...

American officials have said for years that they would prioritize the Indo-Pacific. Now they’re moving warships, missiles and ...

China's military activities and deployments in the South China Sea are often framed as part of its growing power projection capability, potentially a launch pad for its ambitions in the wider ...

Japan tracked four Chinese warships transiting a strategic waterway near Okinawa this week, a move that followed U.S.-Philippine military drills near a contested South China Sea atoll that drew ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Corrects spelling of Philippines in headline and first paragraph) MANILA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The militaries of the Philippines ...

China showing off its missiles durinng a 2025 military parade - Babayev/Getty Images A closer look at China's military hardware reveals that it now also possesses weapons and military technologies ...

The United States is planning to deploy more high-tech missile systems in the Philippines to help deter aggression in the ...