Australia has launched its largest military exercises with Philippine forces, involving over 3,600 personnel in live-fire drills and a beach assault.

Philippine authorities said Monday's accidental collision resulted in visibly heavy damages to the Chinese coast guard and navy ships and possible injuries.

Footage shows a Chinese coast guard vessel chasing a Philippine boat and then ramming a Chinese warship. It was the latest confrontation in the contested waters.

The United States is discussing the possible deployment of more missile launchers to the Philippines to strengthen deterrence against aggression in the disputed South China Sea and other security hotspots,

China and the Philippines are trading blame over an incident earlier this week in which two Chinese ships collided in the South China Sea, where both nations have competing territorial claims.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said it would continue to assert the country's position in Bajo de Masinloc (Bdm), also known as Scarborough Shoal, in the West Philippine Sea in accordance with international law,

The Philippines expressed serious concern on Tuesday over what it called "dangerous manoeuvres and unlawful interference" by Chinese vessels during a coast guard supply mission for Filipino fishermen in the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.

China's assertive and unsafe behavior in the South China Sea has made crashes more likely, experts say. Questions remain on what China will do next.

MANILA (Reuters) -Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday that Beijing has "misinterpreted" his comments saying Manila will be inevitably drawn in to a conflict between China and Taiwan should one erupt.

The Philippines' coast guard says a Chinese fighter jet came close to one of its aircraft over the country's exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea. The coast guard said the Chinese jet approached the Philippine plane, which was on patrol over ...