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US-Japan South China Sea statement 'attacks and smears China': Beijing
Feb 10, 2025 (AFP)
China claims almost all of the South China Sea, despite an international ruling in 2016 concluding this has no legal basis. US President Donald Trump and Japane...
Panama lawsuit requests axing CK Hutchison's canal concession
Feb 04, 2025 (AFP)
A subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings -- owned by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing -- manages two of the canal's five ports, an arrangement in place since 1997...
Philippines president 'very disturbed' over Chinese spy claims as 5 arrested
Jan 31, 2025 (AFP)
Five men were arrested last week after they allegedly used drones and high-resolution camera equipment to record activities at Filipino air and naval bases -- i...
Philippines, US, Vietnam, Indonesia train for maritime law enforcement cooperation
Jan 27, 2025 (AFP)
The two-week course on the Philippines' southern island of Mindanao comes as part of a regional effort to boost law enforcement cooperation as fears of maritime...
UK govt accused of renaming submarine to avoid offending France
Jan 27, 2025 (AFP)
The previous Conservative government announced in 2018 that the attack submarine would be named Agincourt in honour of Henry V's victory over the French in the ...
Latvia sends warship after Baltic undersea cable damaged
Jan 26, 2025 (AFP)
The navy said it had identified a "suspect vessel", the Michalis San, which was near the location of the incident along with two other ships. Nations around the...
Philippines stops research survey after Chinese 'harassment' in disputed sea
Jan 25, 2025 (AFP)
China claims nearly all of the disputed waterway, brushing off rival claims from other countries -- including the Philippines -- and an international arbitratio...
UK sign 9 bn pound pnuclear submarine deal with Rolls-Royce
Jan 24, 2025 (AFP)
The multi-year contract with the British company, worth GBP 9 billion ($11 billion), is expected to create more than 1,000 UK jobs and safeguard 4,000 more, the...
Philippines turns to comic book to assert South China Sea claims
Jan 24, 2025 (AFP)
National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano said "The Stories of Teacher Jun", aims to counter China's alleged disinformation and to better inform Filipinos on their ...
French aircraft carrier to visit the Philippines
Jan 23, 2025 (AFP)
The vessel will lead a carrier strike group on a port call that "underscores France's commitment to strengthening its involvement alongside the Philippines", am...
Does China control the Panama Canal, as Trump claims?
Jan 22, 2025 (AFP)
Actually using force to take the interoceanic waterway, which carries five percent of world maritime trade and 40 percent of US container traffic, seems an unli...
Rubio affirms 'ironclad' US commitment to Philippines
Jan 22, 2025 (AFP)
In a call with his Philippine counterpart Enrique Manalo, Rubio "underscored the United States' ironclad commitments to the Philippines under our Mutual Defense...
UK minister warns Putin as Royal Navy tracks Russian 'spy ship'
Jan 22, 2025 (AFP)
Healey said the Yantar (Amber) vessel was being "used for gathering intelligence and mapping the UK's critical underwater infrastructure". "I also wanted Presid...
Malaysia's Anwar says don't single out China in sea tensions
Jan 22, 2025 (AFP)
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Anwar said that Malaysia had border issues with Singapore and its other neighbours in Southeast Asia...
Panama complains to UN over Trump canal threat, starts audit
Jan 22, 2025 (AFP)
In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the government in Panama City referred to an article of the UN Charter precluding any member from "the thr...
Trump administration removes female 4-star Coast Guard admiral from post
Jan 21, 2025 (UPI)
Fagan, a commandant admiral who was the first female uniformed leader of the Armed Forces branch in U.S. history, was relieved of her duties by acting Homeland ...
Philippine navy holds exercise near China-controlled reef
Jan 17, 2025 (AFP)
China claims most of the strategic waterway despite an international ruling that its assertion has no legal basis. Friday's exercises were held days after the F...
'Impossible' to protect all undersea infrastructure: NATO commander
Jan 16, 2025 (AFP)
Nations around the Baltic Sea are scrambling to bolster their defences after the suspected sabotage of undersea cables in recent months. After several telecom a...
Huthi rebels say attacked US aircraft carrier in Red Sea
Jan 15, 2025 (AFP)
The Huthis said in a statement that they targeted the USS Harry S. Truman and several accompanying warships in the northern Red Sea as part of a "military opera...
Iran unveils spy ship during major war games: state media
Jan 15, 2025 (AFP)
"The country's first signals intelligence ship, named Zagros, is added to the Navy's combat operations," state TV reported. The Iranian-made vessel is equipped ...
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